Labour law II Reading List 2009

Faculty of Law, Makerere University

L4107 Labour Law

Module: International Labour Law


Peter J. Barnacle
March/April 2009

Reading List

1. The International Labour Law Framework

(a) Selected International Human Rights Instruments
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN, 1948)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (UN, 1966)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESR) (UN, 1966)
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (OAU, 1981 – in force 1986)
The Beijing Declaration and The Platform for Action (United Nations, 1995)

(b) International Labour Organisation
ILO: List of Conventions
· Uganda (31 Ratified, 30 in force)

· ILO: ILO Declaration of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998)

· ILO Conventions
· C87 Freedom of Association, 1948 (Uganda 2005)
· C98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, 1949 (Uganda 1963)
· C29 Forced Labour, 1930 (Uganda 1963)
· C105 Abolition of Forced Labour,1957 (Uganda 1963)
· C138 Minimum Age Requirements, 1973 (Uganda 2003)
· C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (Uganda 2001)
· C100 Equal Remuneration, 1951 (Uganda 2005)
· C11 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation), 1958 (Uganda 2005)
· Jean-Michel Servais, International Labour Law (Kluwer Law International, 2005) [excerpts]
· Excerpts from Digest of Decisions and Principles of the Freedom of Association Committee, 2006
· Annual survey of violations of trade union rights (International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), 2008 [excerpts]
· Complaints Against Uganda (7)

· Uganda – Basic Law Index

· ILO – Occupational Safety and Health Standards

· ILO – migrant worker standards
2. Selected International Law Labour Materials

Kevin Banks, The impact of globalization on labour standards: A second look at the Evidence, in Craig and Lynk, ed. Globalization and the Future of Labour Law (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
Werner Sengenberger, International labour standards in the globalized economy: obstacles and opportunities for achieving progress, in Craig and Lynk, ed. Globalization and the Future of Labour Law (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
Sarah Cleveland, Why International Labor Standards?, in Flanagan and Gould, ed. International Labor Standards (Stanford University Press, 2004)
Gary S. Fields, International Labor Standards and Decent Work: Perspectives from the Developing World, in Flanagan and Gould, ed. International Labor Standards (Stanford University Press, 2004)
Virginia A. Leary, “Form Follows Function”: Formulations of International Labor Standards – Treaties, Codes, Soft Law, Trade Agreements, in Flanagan and Gould, ed. International Labor Standards (Stanford University Press, 2004)
Michael Posner and Justine Nolan, Can Codes of Conduct Play a Role in Promoting Workers’ Rights?, in Flanagan and Gould, ed. International Labor Standards (Stanford University Press, 2004)
Demitris Stevis and Terry Boswell, International Framework Agreements: Opportunities and Challenges for Global Unionism, in Bronfenbrenner, ed. Global Unions: Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns (Cornell University Press, 2007)
Darryn Snell, Beyond Workers’ Rights, in Bronfenbrenner, ed. Global Unions: Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns (Cornell University Press, 2007)
Toke Aidt and Zafiris Tzannatos, Unions and Collective Bargaining, Economic Effects in a Global Environment (The World Bank, Washington D.C., 2002)
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), International Trade and Core Labour Standards, 2000