The development in international law of Articles 23 and 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : the labor rights articles / / Lee Swepston

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458620403321
• Autore: Swepston Lee
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill Nijhoff, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 90-04-24455-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Collana: Universal Declaration of Human Rights ; ; Volume 5
• Disciplina: 344.01/01
• Soggetti: Labor laws and legislation, International; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- The Text of Articles 23 and 24 -- Introduction -- 1 Institutional Development of International Labor Law—An Overview of Institutions and Instruments -- 2 Implementation of the Provisions of the Universal Declaration -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The human rights enunciated in Articles 23 and 24 of the UDHR concern aspects of rights related to work. This part of international human rights law is often neglected in human rights textbooks and teaching, and indeed is often omitted from the work done by national human rights institutes and by NGOs concerned with human rights, as though it were a separate discipline that did not fall properly into the human rights field. This volume addresses this commonly held, but erroneous, misconception. There are aspects of labor-related rights in all the major human rights instruments and systems. While the International Labor Organization (ILO) is the primary body in this field, labor-related rights are also dealt with by the United Nations, the major regional organizations (such as the OAS and the EU), and the development banks (the World Bank and its regional counterparts). There are also provisions on labor rights in all the major international instruments, or they have been read to cover labor-related questions. This volume, which reviews the development and implementation of ; Articles 23 and 24 of the UDHR, will spend most attention on the ILO, which is the premiere organization in this field, both chronologically and substantively. However, since a thorough and complete picture of human rights cannot be drawn without considering labor-related rights as an aspect of the broader human rights canon, the rest of the international system will also be brought inches This book is the fifth volume in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Series. The Series will consist of approximately 20 volumes, each dealing with a substantive right (or group of rights) set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Each volume is authored by an expert in human rights generally and in the particular subject addressed. Without losing sight of the political context in which the implementation of human rights must occur, each book provides a comprehensive, legally-oriented analysis of the rights concerned, including an examination of the legislative history of the text of each right as adopted in 1948, the right's subsequent articulation and interpretation by international bodies and in subsequent international instruments, and a survey of state practice in defining and enforcing the right.

The ethics of immigration / / Joseph H. Carens

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787795403321
• Autore: Carens Joseph H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 0-19-998696-7; 0-19-993384-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 pages)
• Collana: Oxford Political Theory
• Disciplina: 172/.2
• Soggetti: Noncitizens - Government policy - United States; Emigration and immigration - Moral and ethical aspects; Illegal immigration; United States Emigration and immigration Government policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part one. Who belongs? -- part two. Who should get in?
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Ethics of Immigration, Joseph Carens synthesizes a lifetime of work to explore and illuminate one of the most pressing issues of our time. Immigration poses practical problems for western democracies and also challenges the ways in which people in democracies think about citizenship and belonging, about rights and responsibilities, and about freedom and equality. Carens begins by focusing on current immigration controversies in North America and Europe about access to citizenship, the integration of immigrants, temporary workers, irregular migrants and the admission of family members and refugees. Working within the moral framework provided by liberal democratic values, he argues that some of the practices of democratic states in these areas are morally defensible, while others need to be reformed. In the last part of the book he moves beyond the currently feasible to ask questions about immigration from a more fundamental perspective. He argues that democratic values of freedom and equality ultimately entail a commitment to open borders. Only in a world of open borders, he contends, will we live up to our most basic principles. Many will not agree with some of Carens' claims, especially his controversial ; conclusion, but none will be able to dismiss his views lightly. Powerfully argued by one of the world's leading political philosophers on the issue, The Ethics of Immigration is a landmark work on one of the most important global social trends of our era.