27 research outputs found
On the Presence of the Past in the Future of International Labour Law
Professor Blackett presented this talk as the Invited Speaker at the Schulich School of Lawâs Horace E Read Memorial Lecture on 9 October 2019.
*This contribution has not been peer-reviewed
The Links Between Collective Bargaining and Equaliy
Working paper by Adelle Blackett and Colleen Sheppard, prepared for the ILO, analyzes the links between collective bargaining and equaliy at international level and addresses the efforts to monitor and regulate the right of association and collective bargaining
Situated Reflections on International Labour Law, Capabilities, and Decent Work: The Case of Centre Maraicher EugĂšne Guinois
This article engages the contemporary transformation of international labour normativity by refocusing debates between civil/ political rights and economic/ social rights on a contextualized discussion on social inequalities. It traces the persistent labour market inequality experienced by one historically marginalized group, the black community in Canada, though the lens of a particularly problematic recent human rights decision. It first contends that efforts to reconceptualize labour law as fundamentally procedural in nature run the risk of undermining attempts to protect the economic and social rights of those most in need of labour law. It adds that neither are economic and social rights a panacea. Instead it suggests that notions of equality and decent work must play a guiding role in rethinking the indivisibility of rights, to ensure that labour law (national and transnational) fulfil both its protection and worker empowerment mandates.Cet article traite de la transformation contemporaine de la normativitĂ© du droit international du travail en recentrant le dĂ©bat entre les droits civils et politiques, dâune part, et les droits Ă©conomiques et sociaux, dâautre part, par une discussion sur les inĂ©galitĂ©s sociales. Il retrace lâinĂ©galitĂ© persistante du marchĂ© du travail Ă lâĂ©gard dâun groupe historiquement marginalisĂ©, la communautĂ© noire du Canada, et lâanalyse Ă lâaune dâune dĂ©cision rĂ©cente et particuliĂšrement problĂ©matique en matiĂšre de droits de la personne. Cet article dĂ©fend lâidĂ©e suivant laquelle les efforts de reconceptualisation du droit du travail comme un droit de nature fondamentalement procĂ©durale sâaccompagnent du risque de saper les tentatives visant Ă protĂ©ger les droits Ă©conomiques et sociaux des travailleurs qui en ont le plus besoin. Il suggĂšre plutĂŽt dâemployer les concepts phares dâĂ©galitĂ© et de travail dĂ©cent dans la rĂ©flexion sur lâindivisibilitĂ© des droits, afin dâassurer que le droit du travail (national et transnational) puisse remplir ses mandats de protection et dâoutillage des travailleurs.Blackett Adelle. Situated Reflections on International Labour Law, Capabilities, and Decent Work: The Case of Centre Maraicher EugĂšne Guinois. In: Revue QuĂ©bĂ©coise de droit international, hors-sĂ©rie avril 2007. Hommage Ă Katia Boustany. pp. 223-244
Situated Reflections on International Labour Law, Capabilities, and Decent Work: The Case of Centre Maraicher EugĂšne Guinois
This article engages the contemporary transformation of international labour normativity by refocusing debates between civil/ political rights and economic/ social rights on a contextualized discussion on social inequalities. It traces the persistent labour market inequality experienced by one historically marginalized group, the black community in Canada, though the lens of a particularly problematic recent human rights decision. It first contends that efforts to reconceptualize labour law as fundamentally procedural in nature run the risk of undermining attempts to protect the economic and social rights of those most in need of labour law. It adds that neither are economic and social rights a panacea. Instead it suggests that notions of equality and decent work must play a guiding role in rethinking the indivisibility of rights, to ensure that labour law (national and transnational) fulfil both its protection and worker empowerment mandates.Cet article traite de la transformation contemporaine de la normativitĂ© du droit international du travail en recentrant le dĂ©bat entre les droits civils et politiques, dâune part, et les droits Ă©conomiques et sociaux, dâautre part, par une discussion sur les inĂ©galitĂ©s sociales. Il retrace lâinĂ©galitĂ© persistante du marchĂ© du travail Ă lâĂ©gard dâun groupe historiquement marginalisĂ©, la communautĂ© noire du Canada, et lâanalyse Ă lâaune dâune dĂ©cision rĂ©cente et particuliĂšrement problĂ©matique en matiĂšre de droits de la personne. Cet article dĂ©fend lâidĂ©e suivant laquelle les efforts de reconceptualisation du droit du travail comme un droit de nature fondamentalement procĂ©durale sâaccompagnent du risque de saper les tentatives visant Ă protĂ©ger les droits Ă©conomiques et sociaux des travailleurs qui en ont le plus besoin. Il suggĂšre plutĂŽt dâemployer les concepts phares dâĂ©galitĂ© et de travail dĂ©cent dans la rĂ©flexion sur lâindivisibilitĂ© des droits, afin dâassurer que le droit du travail (national et transnational) puisse remplir ses mandats de protection et dâoutillage des travailleurs.Blackett Adelle. Situated Reflections on International Labour Law, Capabilities, and Decent Work: The Case of Centre Maraicher EugĂšne Guinois. In: Revue QuĂ©bĂ©coise de droit international, hors-sĂ©rie avril 2007. Hommage Ă Katia Boustany. pp. 223-244
On the Presence of the Past in the Future of International Labour Law
Professor Blackett presented this talk as the Invited Speaker at the Schulich School of Lawâs Horace E Read Memorial Lecture on 9 October 2019.
*This contribution has not been peer-reviewed
SITUATED REFLECTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LAW, CAPABILITIES, AND DECENT WORK: THE CASE OF CENTRE MARAĂCHER EUGĂNE GUINOIS
This article engages the contemporary transformation of international labour normativity by refocusing debates between civil/political rights and economic/social rights on a contextualized discussion on social inequalities. It traces the persistent labour market inequality experienced by one historically marginalized group, the black community in Canada, though the lens of a particularly problematic recent human rights decision. It first contends that efforts to reconceptualize labour law as fundamentally procedural in nature run the risk of undermining attempts to protect the economic and social rights of those most in need of labour law. It adds that neither are economic and social rights a panacea. Instead it suggests that notions of equality and decent work must play a guiding role in rethinking the indivisibility of rights, to ensure that labour law (national and transnational) fulfil both its protection and worker empowerment mandates.Cet article traite de la transformation contemporaine de la normativitĂ© du droit international du travail en recentrant le dĂ©bat entre les droits civils et politiques, dâune part, et les droits Ă©conomiques et sociaux, dâautre part, par une discussion sur les inĂ©galitĂ©s sociales. Il retrace lâinĂ©galitĂ© persistante du marchĂ© du travail Ă lâĂ©gard dâun groupe historiquement marginalisĂ©, la communautĂ© noire du Canada, et lâanalyse Ă lâaune dâune dĂ©cision rĂ©cente et particuliĂšrement problĂ©matique en matiĂšre de droits de la personne. Cet article dĂ©fend lâidĂ©e suivant laquelle les efforts de reconceptualisation du droit du travail comme un droit de nature fondamentalement procĂ©durale sâaccompagnent du risque de saper les tentatives visant Ă protĂ©ger les droits Ă©conomiques et sociaux des travailleurs qui en ont le plus besoin. Il suggĂšre plutĂŽt dâemployer les concepts phares dâĂ©galitĂ© et de travail dĂ©cent dans la rĂ©flexion sur lâindivisibilitĂ© des droits, afin dâassurer que le droit du travail (national et transnational) puisse remplir ses mandats de protection et dâoutillage des travailleurs