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Course Title: International Labor Organisation and Labour Laws

Course Code:

Credit Units: 3

Course Objective:

The objective of the course is to familiarise the students with the work of the International
Labour Organisation. The course focuses on the standards set by International Labour
Organisation for protection of workers’s rights.

Pre-requisites:

Knowledge of Public International Law and Human Rights is required.

Student Learning Outcome:

The student shall be able to show with regard to:

Knowledge and Understanding

• Knowledge and in-depth understanding of therole of the International Labour

Organization setting International Labour Standards.

• A deep insight into the various facets of labour exploitation, such as forced labour,
child labour, human trafficking etc.
These learning outcomes will be achieved through a pedagogy which includes lectures, Class
discussion and Project assignments.

Skills and Abilities

• An ability to critically and systematically integrate knowledge and to analyze, judge

and manage complex issues and situations even with limited information on the subject
issue

• An ability to critically, independently and creatively identify and formulate legal issues
in relation to labour standards.

Furthermore the student will

• be able to show the ability to plan and carry out qualified tasks through adequate
methods in set timeframes and by doing so contribute to the development of knowledge

• be able to show the ability to evaluate the outcomes of his or her work

• be able to show in oral as well as in written form, the ability to describe and discuss
the findings and conclusions in their work and the knowledge and the arguments upon
which the conclusions are founded

• be able to show this ability both in a national and in an international context.

Values and Attitudes

• An ability to show an attitude objectively, critically and ethically in judging the legal
developments related to workers rights in realising descent work.

• An ability to show a consciousness of ethical aspects in the global economic debate

surrounding labour standards and competitiveness.

The student will learn to understand the wide perspective and also understand the impacts on
other areas with legal implications and to identify its own needs of knowledge and to take
responsibility for its further development of knowledge.
Course Contents/Syllabus:

Weightage
%

Module I: Global Workers’ Rights 30%

Concept of Global Workers’ Rights, history and functioning of the International

Labour Organization (ILO), Objectives of ILO, ILO Fundamental texts including
ILO Constitution, Philadelphia Declaration, Declaration on Fundamental
Principles and Rights at Work, ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair
Globalization

Module II:International Labour Standards (ILS) 25%

Overview on International Labour Standards and Supervision of International

Labour Standards (ILS) for the protection of workers’ rights. Freedom of
Association and Collective Bargaining as ‘enabling rights’, Minimum wages.

Module III: Vulnerable Groups 30%

Child labour, Forced labour and human trafficking, Labour migration

Indigenous people, Disabled persons, Gender, equality and diversity, Access
to rights for workers in informal and precarious employment, Domestic
workers.

Module IV: Instruments and initiatives beyond the ILO 15%

Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights of labour

Pedagogy for Course Delivery:

The course will be conducted using lectures, assignments. The students will be acquainted
with important case laws on the subject to understand the intricacies of the subject.

Lab/ Practical details, if applicable: NA

List of Experiments: NA

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%) End Term

Examination

30%

NA

70%

Theory Assessment (L&T):

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term

Examination

Components (Drop down)

Mid-Term Exam

Project

Viva

Attendance

Weightage (%)

10%

10%

5%

5%

70%
Suggested Readings:

Arturo Bronstein, International and Comparative Labour Law: Current Challenges

(Palgrave Macmillan and International Labour Office, 2009)

Milman-Sivan, Faina. Labor Rights and Globalization: An Institutional analysis of the

International Labor Organization(Columbia University, 2006)

Steve Hughes, Nigel Haworth, International Labour Organization (ILO): Coming in from the
ColdGlobal Institutions (Routledge, 2013)

World report on child labour: Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against
child labour, International Labour Office (Geneva: ILO, 2013)

Profits and poverty: the economics of forced labour, International Labour Office (Geneva:
ILO, 2014)

Gender equality and decent work: Selected ILO Conventions and Recommendations that
promote gender equalityas of 2012 International Labour Office, International Labour Office,
Bureau for Gender Equality, InternationalLabour Standards Department (Geneva: ILO,
2012)