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latinbossboy9 · 3 years ago

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Politics

It is IBM’s long–standing policy that we participate in politics as private citizens, not as IBMers. Therefore, it is the policy of the IBM Company not to make contributions of resources such as money, goods or services to political candidates or parties. This policy applies equally in all countries where IBM does business, regardless of whether or not such contributions are considered legal in any host country.

We encourage IBM employees to participate in political activity in their individual communities and countries. The company will do everything reasonable to accommodate employees who need to be away from work while running for or holding political office, or fulfilling significant party duties during a campaign or election. IBM will not pay employees for time off for political activity. However, if a country where IBM does business has a law that requires an employer to give time off, with pay, to any employee holding public office, then that law takes precedence.

Because IBM does business with many levels of government, we have instituted procedures designed to avoid conflict of interest situations for IBM employees holding government offices. These procedures must be followed.

In effect since December 19, 1975; replaces earlier policy dated December 20, 1966.

IBM human rights principles

IBM is committed to high standards of corporate responsibility. Our definition of corporate responsibility includes environmental responsibility, as well as social concerns for our workforce, clients, business partners, and the communities where we operate.

Underpinning our corporate responsibility standards and practices is our dedication to respect human rights. IBM’s stance on human rights is informed by international standards, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

IBM has a strong culture of ethics and integrity, guided by a rigorous system of corporate governance that promotes transparency on a global basis and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations where we do business.

Approach and Impact

Throughout its history, IBM has taken a thoughtful, comprehensive approach to corporate responsibility that is based on IBM’s values and takes into account four areas of impact that are of particular interest to our stakeholders, i.e. support of our employees and communities; the impact of IBM’s products and operations on the environment; the management of our global supply chain: and, the governance, ethics, and integrity of our company.

IBM’s approach recognizes our vast network of stakeholders and the understanding that our work can impact not only our business success, but also the efficiency and innovation of countries, cities, governments, communities, and our planet’s critical infrastructure.

We strive to maximize IBM’s positive impact as a global enterprise in a number of ways: we identify and act upon new opportunities to apply our technology and expertise to societal problems; we scale our existing corporate responsibility programs and initiatives to help achieve maximum benefit; we empower our employees and others to serve their communities: and, we integrate corporate citizenship and our respect for human rights throughout our company.

We focus our engagement and programs on specific societal issues, including community economic development, education, health, literacy, language and culture. These are areas of basic human and wider societal needs where we can apply IBM’s technology and talent to help solve problems and to contribute to the advancement of human rights.

Our Ethical Guidelines

IBM’s Business Conduct Guidelines (BCGs) serve as our global code of conduct for IBM employees, and reflect our longstanding commitment to high ethical conduct and decision-making. They specify IBM’s standards of business ethics, basic values and principles.

The BCGs are complemented by formal corporate directives that govern our companywide actions. Their intent is to express clear direction on the things that are fundamental and therefore most enduring in our business. In addition to guiding action in specific areas such as environmental affairs or data privacy, our corporate policies also include a set of Global Employment Standards.

IBM Global Employment Standards

These principles apply to IBM employees and are explained more fully on our ""Responsibility at IBM"" webpage. We expect our managers and employees to comply fully with these Standards.

The Global Employment Standards address areas that are important to human rights and include among others the commitment that IBM:

will not use forced or child labor will comply at a minimum with all applicable wage and hour laws and regulations will comply with legal limits to working time will create a work environment free of discrimination or harassment and will treat all employees with respect and dignity will respect the legal rights of its employees to join (or not) worker organizations, including labor organizations or trade unions IBM strives to establish favorable employment conditions, to promote positive relationships between employees and managers, to facilitate employee communications, and to support employee development.

We train our employees and we perform regular business reviews to confirm compliance to our policies, practices and procedures. For example, periodically, usually each year, IBM employees are required to formally certify to the BCG and complete online, interactive training.

Working with partners and suppliers

Working with third parties is an integral part of IBM’s business in meeting the needs of our clients. IBM’s Business Partner Code of Conduct describes the minimum standards of business conduct and practices we expect from our business partners, for example, that employees are provided with a work environment free of coercion, discrimination, and harassment. If applicable laws and regulations are more permissive than this Code of Conduct, business partners are expected to comply with the IBM Code of Conduct. As appropriate, IBM provides business partners with online, and in some instances live, training on ethics and integrity.

For our supply chain relationships, IBM uses the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct (formerly the EICC Code of Conduct) as a single code for our global supply base. The RBA Code of Conduct establishes the standards we expect from our suppliers in doing business with IBM across several areas of social responsibility, including labor, health, safety, protection of the environment, ethics, and management systems. Our goal is to work with our suppliers to foster their full compliance to the RBA Code of Conduct and we expect them to cascade these standards to their extended sources of supply engaged in the production of goods and services for IBM. We consider these standards in our supplier selection process and monitor ongoing performance, as needed, by periodic third party supplier compliance audits. IBM reserves the right to take action with suppliers that do not comply with the RBA Code of Conduct and may consider measures such as reducing or ending business in accordance with contract terms.

Communication and Concerns & Appeals Mechanisms and Channels

IBM makes available to all employees open communications channels for suggestions and complaints to management; IBM also maintains a channel for contact with the management for employee complaints, a channel to discuss concerns with specialists for guidance, and a channel to raise concerns anonymously. These may address complaints of any kind, including any form of harassment and misconducts of sexual nature. IBM does not tolerate threats or acts of retaliation against any employee for reporting a concern or suspected violation. Additional communication channels are available for suppliers, business partners, and others to report concerns or suspected violations to the company, including ways for submitting anonymous reports.

Governance

IBM senior management is ultimately responsible for our economic, environmental, and social corporate responsibility programs and progress, including our dedication to human rights, as well as our adherence to IBM’s overall compliance programs. The IBM Board and our CEO annually review IBM’s corporate responsibility programs and progress. Our dedication to corporate responsibility is fostered throughout the company and integrated across the business through the following forums.

Corporate Responsibility Executive Steering Committee and Working Group

Our Corporate Responsibility Executive Steering Committee comprises senior executives from functional areas across the business and is chaired by IBM’s Vice President for Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs. The committee meets periodically to provide leadership and direction on key human rights and corporate responsibility issues. Each functional area is responsible for the development of its own goals and strategy, with organization-wide goals approved by the steering committee.

Our Corporate Responsibility Working Group consists of representatives from functional areas (including global representation) and meets regularly to manage IBM’s human rights and corporate responsibility activities and stakeholder engagement. The working group reviews key standards and strategic issues in the area of corporate responsibility and human rights and makes recommendations to the steering committee throughout the year.

Stakeholder engagement and reporting

IBM actively works with stakeholders who examine and influence our human rights and corporate responsibility programs and practices. We view stakeholder engagement as much more than communications and consultation. For us, it is about business engagement and collaboration—working shoulder-to-shoulder with communities, governments, investors, and the social sector. We work closely together with organizations that are taking similarly innovative, global, open, and collaborative approaches to corporate citizenship and sustainability.

We publicly report on our corporate responsibility initiatives and progress through our annual corporate responsibility report, additional GRI reports, and specific ad-hoc publications on particular areas such as diversity and equal opportunity.

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enewsz · 5 years ago

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International Labour Organisation writes a letter to PM Narendra Modi, after ten Central trade unions of India complaints about the reformed labor law to ILO

28 May, 2020: International Labour Organisation writes a letter to PM Narendra Modi on May 22 after ten Central trade unions wrote a letter, submitting their protest against the newly reformed labour laws in India to International Labour Organisation(ILO) in Geneva, on May 14, 2020. These unions included the All India Trade Union Congress, Indian National Trade Union Congress, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, the Hind Mazdoor Sabha, the Trade Union Coordination Committee, the All India United Trade Union Centre, the Self-Employed Women's Association, the All India Central Council of Trade Unions, the United Trade Union Congress and the Labour Progressive Federation. The letter signified new labor laws, decided to be implemented by ten states of India are the ultimate violation of the rights of the workers and the word ethics of ILO and though, India has been an essential member of ILO since 1919, its new laws for the labors are against the 144th conversations of ILO as the convention collaborated the principles of government, employees and the workers. “Please allow me to assure you that the ILO director-general has immediately intervened, expressing his deep concern at these recent events and appealing to the prime minister to send a clear message to central and state governments to uphold the country’s international commitments and encourage engagement ineffective social dialogue," said Karen Curtis, the chief of the Freedom of Association Branch under the International Labour Standards Department of ILO in his letter to the central trade unions. Though one (law about wages) of the new four laws of labor has been approved by both of parliament and government, labor minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has remarked the reformation of 44 laws in 4 sections of law is not justified as he also assumed that two of the four sections would come under the Parliament from standing committee in the upcoming session. Sudden changes in labor laws such as expanding the work hours from 8 to 12 hours in several states and the right to fire the workers according to the authorities are not only harmful to the employees but also against their will and consent, temporary remuneration and less inspection for a period of three years in several states of India. Still, the laws about minimum wages, women, and child workers are partially the same as before. As Karen Curtis mentioned in his letter to the trade unions, any change of the decision made by Indian government and authorities of labour will be informed by ILO to the unions immediately and the violation of labour legislation and international labour standards will not be underestimated. Several states like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujrat has announced to support the newly designed laws for the labours in the respective states along with other states like Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, and Odisha.

However, the letter against the new labour laws from ILO to PM Narendra Modi has intervened the occurrence of these new laws as several states like Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are on their way to withdraw their order for the labours to work 12 hours per day instead of 8 hours. Though, MP has kept the law of appointing contractual workers according to Factories act 1948. Apart from this, when other countries decided to set the schedule of 48 hours of work per week and India set the working hour as 60 hours per week for its workers. It is not only the infringement of occupational and health & work laws of labours but it also breaks the laws of social security and the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) as well. “We, trade unions, have written to the Prime Minister as well and hope he takes note and asks states to protect workers’ rights. We are collecting our information on the problems faced by workers all over the country and will share this with ILO in a second complaint letter soon," said the secretary-general of All India Trade Union Congress, Mr. Amarjeet Kaur. However, Rajiv Kumar, the vice-chairman of the Niti-ayog think tank has declared that the reformation of new laws is not complete abolition of the previous labor laws. Meanwhile, The trade unions have also submitted another joint complaint against the laws on May 25, mentioning, “at this very turbid and uncertain situation, the ILO must powerfully and effectively intervene to prevail upon the Government of India to refrain from such exercise of abrogation of all basic labor rights unilaterally trampling underfoot the basic concept of social partnership and tripartism as espoused by ILO." The unions have confirmed to inform the ILO about the other problems and inconvenience of the migrant labors of the country, concerning the Inter-State Migrant Workmen, act 1979 and their severe problems due to the pandemic situation of COVID-19. Read the full article

#ILO #InternationalLabourOrganisation #PMNarendraModi

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govpubsfinds · 8 years ago

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“Forced labour--a relic of a bygone era? No, sadly not. Although universally condemned, forced labour is revealing ugly new faces alongside the old. Traditional types of forced labour such as chattel slavery and bonded labour are still with us in some areas, and past practices of this type haunt us to this day. In new economic contexts, disturbing forms such as forced labour in connection with the trafficking of human beings are now emerging almost everywhere.” (p.1)

International Labour Office. (2001). Stopping forced labour : Global report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work (Report (International Labour Conference) ; 89th session, 1(B)). Geneva: International Labour Office. Full text available from the International Labour Office.

#govpubs #govpubsfinds #2001 #2000s #international labor office #united nations #forced labor #human trafficking #labor rights #workers rights #may day

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xf-2 · 8 years ago

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★　朝鮮総連の挑発に激怒！

1月28日に朝鮮総連本部が所有権移転登記され、居座り続けることになりましたが、2月3日午前に謄本がとれるようになって見てみると、朝鮮総連自身が50億円の根抵当権を設定していることが分かりました。「なんだこれは！日本にケンカを売っているのか！」と憤激しました。

競売手続では、債務者本人は買受人になれないので、秘密裡に買い戻すときは別の名義を使うものです。競落された後なら購入可能かも知れませんが、朝鮮総連は朝銀信用組合を破綻させ、日本国民に公的資金1兆円以上を負担させ、600億円以上の債務を弁済していません。そんな組織が競売になったビルを買い戻すなら、せめてダミー会社名義で根抵当権を登記して、「オレたち関係ないよ」というフリをするのが最低限の礼儀です。暴力団の系列企業だって、堅気の人を役員にして、組員の名前を出さないようにしています。

それをワザワザ誰でも分かるように根抵当権を設定したのは、「うん、そうだよ、脱法行為だよ。日本の法律なんて屁みたいなもんさ！　文句あるなら報復でもなんでもやってみろよ！　バ～カ！」と言っているようなものです。日本政府は法秩序に対する挑戦を受けて立ち、徹底的に厳格な法適用で臨むべきです。

朝鮮総連本部（著者撮影）

詳しく説明しますと、極度額50億円の根抵当権を設定しているのは、直系の「白山出版会館管理会」です。1月まで文京区白山の朝鮮出版会館の所有名義人になっていた法人で、昨年12月までは朝鮮出版会館管理会という��号でした。1月31日には朝鮮通信社元社長が取締役に就任しているほか、他の取締役も元最高人民会議代議員（国会議員）を含む総連幹部というバリバリの直系企業です。現在削除されていますが、2月4日まで朝鮮総連ＨＰの「中央団体・事業体一覧」に「朝鮮出版会館管理委員会」という酷似の名前がありました。ちなみに以前朝鮮総連本部ビルの名義人になっていたのは、似た名前の朝鮮中央会館管理会で、ビルは実質的に朝鮮総連の資産だとする判決が最高裁で確定しています（だから競売になった）。白山出版会館管理会は朝鮮総連そのものです。

ダミー会社などすぐ作れますし、総連系商工人が経営する企業は無数にあります。それにも関わらず、あえて直系企業を出してきたのは、明確な意図を感じます。すでに政府有力者に報告し、断固たる対応をとるよう要請してあります。

★　ナメられたら拉致被害者は帰国できない！

北朝鮮が拉致被害者を返さず、日本国民に負担させた債務も弁済しないのに、朝鮮総連が競売になったビルに居座り続ける事態は、誠にもって許しがたいことです。拉致や核・ミサイル問題解決への我が国の決意が疑われ、ますます解決が遠のきます。誤ったメッセージを送ることになります。

簡単にいえば、北朝鮮にナメられて、帰国できるはずの拉致被害者が帰国できなくなります。北朝鮮に、「日本はゴネれば折れる屁みたいな国だ。拉致被害者なんか返す必要ない。そのうち諦めるさ」と思わせてしまうのです。

人質をとって立てこもる犯罪者を、警察の交渉人が説得して投降させられるのは、水道や電気を止め、特殊部隊が突入するかも知れないという強烈な圧力をかけるからです。逆にそうした圧力が無ければ、どんなに優れた交渉人でもほとんど力を発揮できません。

朝鮮総連本部ビルは象徴的な存在なので、非常に重要です。ありとあらゆる法律を駆使して、確実に追い出す必要があります。

総連本部前で行った抗議活動（著者撮影）

★　免許を持たない「不動産会社」

私はここ2週間ほど、朝鮮総連本部の問題に掛りっきりになり、調査を進めてきました。最初に分かったことは、今回所有名義人になった株式会社グリーンフォーリストが、極めて規模の小さな会社ということです。山形県酒田市で倉庫業を営むグリーン社は、民間信用調査会社によれば年間売上1900万円、従業員3人です。グリーン社の倉庫は築25年以上経っていて、土地は借地でした。床面積2000坪以上の倉庫は修繕費用が発生しますし、借地料もあります。とてもではありませんが、40億円以上の不動産投機を行う規模の会社ではありません。

グリーン社は報道では「不動産会社」となっていますが、調べたところ宅地建物取引業者（不動産業者）の免許を受けていませんでした。そこで1月26日に国家公安委員会（警察庁）と山形県公安委員会（山形県警）に要望書を出し、不動産取引の内容によっては宅地建物取引業法第十二条違反（無免許営業）になるので、犯罪予防の観点から直ちに確認するよう要請しました。残念ながら1月28日に売買が行われてしまいましたが、山形県警は引き続き調べていると思います。厳格な法適用を期待したいものです。

グリーンフォーリストの会長は、平成24年7月12日の衆議院予算委員会質疑で平沢勝栄先生（元警察官僚）に「諜報機関員」と名指しされた中国人と、非常に密接な関係にあります。書面上の証拠もあり、いま目の前にあります。この話は面白いのですが、残念ながらメディアが書いてくれるというので、いま私がバラす訳にはいきません。近く報道されますので、乞うご期待です！

中国国家安全部（諜報機関）の徽章

★　マレーシア首相に直訴だ！さて、前回から国連安保理理事国となったマレーシアに、北朝鮮との関係を再考するよう促してきました。本ブログ2014年1月20日付記事

前回は内務大臣に訴えを送りましたが、特に返事がないので、今回はナジブ・ザラク首相に直接送りましょう。例文をコピーするだけなら、1分でできます。国連安保理の一票は重いので、ぜひご参加ください。よろしくお願いします。

送り先 [email protected]

例文件名： Hubungan Malaysia-Korea Utara 本文： Dear Prime Minister Najib,

I am writing to urge Malaysia to stop using North Korean slave labourers in Sarawak mines in light of international law.

As the US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report 2014 has made it clear, North Korean labourers sent abroad are “subjected to forced labor.” http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/226847.pdf It is in violation of ILO’s Forced Labour Convention (1930) , Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998) and Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery (1956) to use North Korean labourers, and payment to North Korea violates UN Security Council resolution 2094 (2013). Malaysia is currently a member of the UN Security Council and expected to be a role model. Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Romania stopped their employment programmes for North Korean labourers as a matter of legal obligation and Malaysia should follow suit immediately.

I would also like to call on Malaysia to rescue its own citizens abducted by North Korea. According to UN Commission of Inquiry report on human rights in North Korea, on 20 August 1978, four Malaysian women and one Singaporean woman were kidnapped from Singapore. Two North Korean operatives claiming to be Japanese lured five women to a party on a boat and the boat was never seen again (paragraph 972 of the detailed findings report) http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIDPRK/Pages/ReportoftheCommissionofInquiryDPRK.aspx The Star reported on 15 December 2005 that US Army deserter Charles Jenkins confirmed he had seen Ms Yeng Yoke Fun in Pyongyang 25 years ago. http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2005%2f12%2f15%2fnation%2f12876706 The Straits Times reported on 17 December 2005 that the Singapore Police Force termed the case one of their “worst unsolved crimes” and former detective Christopher Sng who investigated the case said “I believe they are alive (in North Korea) … I hope they come back soon.”

North Korea has also abducted hundreds of Japanese nationals and the Japanese government has repeatedly insisted that it places the highest priority on resolving the abduction issue. The following is a link to seven minute briefing video on abduction issue on the Japanese Government Internet TV. http://nettv.gov-online.go.jp/eng/prg/prg1786.html I am hoping that Japan and Malaysia could work together to rescue our countrymen waiting for help in North Korea for decades.

Thank you for your consideration.

Yours truly, （あなた様のお名前）

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thechasefiles · 5 years ago

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 12/1/2020

Good Morning #realdreamchasers. Here is your daily news cap for Sunday January 12th, 2020. There is a lot to read and digest so take your time. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS), Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Sunday Sun Nation Newspaper (SS).

MORE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TRAINING NEEDED – The President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) Mary Redman says a lack of industrial relations (IR) training is responsible for many of the problems the school system is experiencing. Redman claimed that for many years, BSTU has attempted to persuade Ministry of Education officials of the necessity to train members of school boards in IR and has even suggested that such training should form a prerequisite for the acceptance of positions on boards. “Chairpersons and especially key board employees like secretary treasurers have created many problems because of this lack of a basic knowledge of IR principles, procedures and even of the relevant legislation. Many chairpersons, we have found have been influenced by some principals who have their own agendas. “And because of their lack of IR exposure and knowledge of legislation, they create and get themselves in many breaches of the rights of education workers. Within recent times, we have been experiencing serious problems with some secretary treasurers who are acting outside of their authority. “We have too many contentious issues being addressed in this regard at the moment. In both cases, the genesis of these matters have been aided and abetted by principals in those schools,” Redman lamented. The President raised her concerns about the vexing issue as she delivered remarks at a press conference hosted by the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados, to discuss industrial relations issues developing in the education sector. It was held at the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) headquarters, this morning. Redman said she was also concerned about unfair dismissals, obstructed appointments, illegal secondments within the teaching service, denial of members’ legitimate expectations to continued employment, lack of acknowledgement of correspondence from the union, unwillingness to set up requested meetings, and a disregard for the process of the grievance procedure as outlined in the Public Service Act. “This procedure has been established specifically to stop grievances from escalating into disputes and that important rationale for the existence of this legislation is obviously unknown and unappreciated by those who should know better. It has been our experience that there is little regard for this legislation,” she said. Noting that BSTU was also concerned about the handling of the review process by school boards regarding teachers evaluation, Redman said the Union expects that authorities will take appropriate actions to remedy the lapses in IR best practice by school boards and to engender the quality of industrial relations that will redound to the benefit who work and learn in educational institutions. (BT)

CTUSAB CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION AT PRINCESS MARGARET SCHOOL – The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) is calling on Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw to investigate the actions of the Chairman of the Board of Management and Principal of the Princess Margaret School and to take disciplinary action if there are any fundamental breaches of office. CTUSAB’s President Edwin O’Neal made the call as he told members of the media during a press conference this morning that there was a matter being played out at Princess Margaret Secondary where the decision of the Board of Management to fill the vacant post of Secretary Treasurer has been stalled. Giving details on the matter, O’Neal said it has been reported to CTUSAB that instead of executing the decision of the Board to appoint the successful candidate subsequent to the completion of the interview process, the Chairman of the Board has resorted to the issuing of a letter of an acting appointment for the position. “It has also been reported that the officer has subsequently been issued with a letter of suspension on full pay, until the Board of Management could investigate 14 changes brought against the individual. “It is the understanding that the suspension was done without the knowledge and approval of the Board. The fact of the matter is that the Chairman has no authority to execute a suspension of the employee. With respect to 14 charges, it has been reported that the members of the Board of Management have had no prior knowledge of these,” he said. O’ Neal added that in further developments, on reporting for duty on December 31, 2019, the secretary treasurer who has served as secretary to the principal for 17 years was informed by the security guard on duty that the Chairman had directed him that the officer was not permitted to trespass on the premises. The President explained that nevertheless, the officer proceeded to the office, only to find that the locks to the office had been changed. Subsequent to this, the police were summoned to remove the officer from the premises, O’Neal said. He said with the resulting development having been drawn to the attention of CTUSAB, the matter was brought to the attention of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) and the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), and an urgent meeting was requested with the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training to discuss the matter. “Given the urgency of the matter, the Congress indicated that it stood ready to meet as early as Friday, January 2, 2020. Regrettably, no meeting has been scheduled or convened to date,” he said. “Coming out of this Princess Margaret Secondary matter, CTUSAB has learnt of an intended notice served by a senior Ministry of Education official, at a recently convened emergency meeting of the Board of Management of the Princess Margaret School, of the intention to request of CTUSAB, the removal of its representative on the Board of Management of the School. “CTUSAB deems this as preposterous, and goes further to denounce and warns against any such suggested action, which it perceives as a threat to silence the voice of the labour movement in executing its role to defend workers’ rights and injustices against workers,” O’Neal continued. Also speaking at the press conference, Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), Wayne Walrond, condemned the developments at Princess Margaret Secondary, which was not in keeping with good governance or proper labour management relations. Walrond said if the unprecedented action is allowed to continue, there would be implications for other Boards of Management and across the public sector. The Deputy General Secretary said there cannot a situation where decisions are made to appoint persons, but other actions are taken instead. He said NUPW was disturbed and annoyed at the development and would back its comrades in pursuing any appropriate course of action to bring justice. “What is interesting in this development is there is an officer who passed competitive process recommended, a decision made. And simultaneously following on the heels of that is 14 charges, allegedly. Is this a concocted move to discredit the officer? “The officer was good enough to reach the competitive position and to be earmarked to be suitable, and then you could [come up with] 14 charges. Something is wrong, I smell a fish. Something is fishy about this situation,” Walrond said. (BT)

INDUSTRIAL UNREST MAY BE BREWING - Certain individuals’ lack of adherence to industrial relations best practices is leading Barbados to major industrial unrest, says a trade union leader. In fact, said Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) president, Edwin O’Neal, the island is on a “collision course” with the International Labour Organisation (ILO). “We are involved in the doctrine of tripartism, which is integral to the construct of the social partnership. If any one unit decides they will arbitrarily not abide by it, then we all need to shut shop and go home. But we in the trade union took the Prime Minister at her word about holding hands and staying the course for the good of Barbados, very often to our own detriment. “We have been put in a position where we have cooperated in ways the trade union movement of the past would not have done, because of tripartism. The whole notion of the Social Partnership is to avoid flare ups where they need not occur when or if there is dialogue . . . (SS)

WALCOTT INSISTS MULTILATERAL TRADE MUST BENEFIT ALL – Multilateral trade must redound to the benefit of all, regardless of size. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr Jerome Walcott, made this declaration at a three-day CARICOM workshop held to discuss World Trade Organization (WTO) issues at the Savannah Beach Hotel, recently. Minister Walcott stressed that the event was being held at a critical time because the multilateral system, which small island developing states (SIDS) have relied on, had begun to undergo a “seismic shift”, a move that could undermine fair trade for the region. “If this is allowed to continue, [it] would be to the detriment of small states like ours, which have limited negotiating power. A system, which delivers for all, regardless of size; a system that is fair, balanced, and rules-based, is vital for us,” he insisted. He maintained that the preservation of small economies within the WTO was essential since small size continues to be a major disadvantage to the growth, development and competitiveness of SIDS. “Special and differential treatment for small economies must always remain at the heart of the WTO and its thrust,” he emphasized. Just days after the 25th anniversary of the creation of the WTO, he lamented that instead of discussing the advancement of the WTO, CARICOM officials were meeting in Bridgetown to look at the “very tense state of play” in that organization. “It is clear to all of us that the World Trade Organization has been at a major crossroad for some time now. Despite the numerous meetings taking place almost daily in Geneva and in other places, it appears to many that there is a lack of political will to advance the mandates agreed at ministerial conferences. Admittedly and collectively, members have failed to deliver on the Doha Development Agenda in a meaningful manner and yet have embarked on new, albeit exciting areas of discussion. This is a concern for small states like Barbados, as many implementation issues remain unresolved,” he stressed. He pointed to the issue of climate change, a phenomenon that impacts the majority of issues being discussed under the ambit of the WTO, and argued that it was time to stop paying lip service to trade and climate change. “We have seen the debilitating effects of many Category 4 and 5 hurricanes on our small open economies. The effects these have on agriculture, infrastructure, tourism and wider trade in the goods and service sectors continue to be of major concern to us,” he explained. Also on the agenda for discussion were other issues relating to the WTO Reform agenda, which include Fisheries Subsidies, Agriculture, E-Commerce, Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and Investment Facilitation. He also insisted that the region’s own trading mechanisms also needed to become more agile and stated that Government was committed to playing a leading role in this process. “These ought to be looked at, not only from the perspective of the current state of play, and maintenance of policy space, but also with a view to ensuring first that members of CARICOM can fully engage in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, [while] ensuring that our trade and development interests in Geneva are advanced and protected pursuant to the tenets of the Revised Treaty. “We may need COTED to have a ‘rapid-response’ mechanism which would allow CARICOM to issue comprehensive positions simultaneously to their Geneva based representative in the WTO. In this regard, I commend the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development for recognizing the need to re-examine the region’s external trade strategy,” Minister Walcott said. (BT)

MTW LISTS ROADS REPAIRED IN 2019 – The Ministry of Transport, Works and Maintenance (MTW) completed work on several roads in 2019. In a media release through the Barbados Government Information Service, MTW also sought to reassure the public of its commitment in completing its road programme for 2020. During the period January to December 2019, roads from St Lucy to St Philip were repaired, including sections of the Ronald Mapp and ABC Highways. They were: Harri Smith, St Philip; Evelyn Terrace, Lowthers and St David’s, all in Christ Church; Little Bay Road, St Lucy; Kings Village, Flagstaff Road, Codrington Road, Rockhampton Road, Mahogany Lane, Sobers Lane, Friendship, all in St Michael; and Melverton Phase 1, St George. The other roads were Ronald Mapp Highway Phase 1; Shermans, St Peter; Plum Tree Road and Melverton Phase 2, both in St George; Pounders Road and Padmore Village, in St Philip; Upper Carters Gap, Christ Church; Boarded Hall 1 and 2, St George; Upper Weston 1, 2, 3, and 4, St James; Well Gap, St Michael; and Lammings, St Joseph. As part of the Inter-American Development Bank Project, the following roads were also completed: Charles Duncan O’Neal Highway Phases 1, 2 and 3; West Road to Sir Frank Worrell Roundabout and The Norman Niles to Clyde Walcott Roundabout. The following road projects are ongoing: Long Bay, St Philip; Wildey Road Phase 1, St Michael; Ronald Mapp Highway Phase 2; Two Mile Hill and Green Hill in St Michael and Salters in St George. Barbadians have been complaining for years about the poor state of roads which have damaged some vehicles and disrupted business. (SS)

BETTER BCC NURSING RESULTS – The measures taken to improve the nursing programme at the Barbados Community College (BCC) are bearing fruit. However, principal Annette Alleyne says there is still a long way to go before the programme is totally enhanced. She was speaking against the background of the high failure rate of Barbadians taking the Caribbean Examination Council’s regional examination for nurse registration of the past few years. She said the lowest pass rate was recorded in 2018, noting that of the 31 nurses in training who sat the exam, only 16 passed. (SS)

SUCCESS THROUGH TEAM EFFORT – The secret to The St Michael School’s success rests with the efforts of the collective – students, committed staff and parents – who contribute to fulfilling the school’s vision as a centre for excellence, says principal Dr Yvette Mayers. She made the remarks while reporting there were greater academic achievements in the last school year, resulting in the Martindales Road institution earning seven Barbados Exhibitions. Equally or more importantly, there were also significant advancements in their thrust to hone all-around individuals by way of extra-curricular activities as they prepare their students for life after SMS. Delivering her report at the annual speech day and prize giving ceremony yesterday, Mayers was adamant that the collective will continue to strive for self-improvement as it pressed on to fashion well rounded individuals who will make a positive difference in the community. (SS)

PUBLIC ENCOURAGED TO SNITCH – The rate of murders on the island reached a historic high of 49 last year, and with the first already recorded this year, at least one member of the Royal Barbados Police Force has come out to urge Barbadians to see providing information, also known as “snitching”, as a greater good. While delivering the feature address at The St Michael School annual speech day and prize giving ceremony on Friday, lawman and former headboy of the Martindale’s Road institution, Ryan Brathwaite, warned that a person can never tell when the tables might turn. “We live in a society now where people believe they should not snitch, they should not become informants. I want to say to you that you are being a nice, decent, moral, citizen of your beloved Barbados, and your contribution is to ensure we continue to live in a safe Barbados.” (SS)

‘BE MORE TOLERANT’ TOWARDS FEMALE ADDICTS – There is a social stigma attached to women who are fighting drug addiction, and a counsellor at Marina House is calling for more tolerance and gender equality understanding. The call has come from Shawn Springer, who provides unit support and counselling for those battling addiction at Marina House and Verdun House. He was speaking to the Sunday Sun as the Substance Abuse Foundation held its annual Recovery Hike in St John yesterday morning. Springer revealed that there were four women resident at Marina House but the Newcastle, St John facility, which opened in 2015, had helped about 50 women.(SS)

CHINESE ATHLETES FOR PAYNE CLASSIC – The tenth anniversary of the Joseph Payne Memorial Athletics Classic on January 25 will be a historic affair, as two athletes from China will be competing at the National Stadium for the first time. Competition manager and founder Charles Walcott made the disclosure in an interview with Sunsport following the media launch at the MQI Show Room in Wildey on Friday evening. The Classic will feature an estimated 700 athletes from primary and secondary schools as well as athletic clubs competing in 100 events, starting from 10 a.m. The Chinese competitors are 28-year-old men’s discus specialist Tan Shen, whose best distance last year was 59.77 metres, and 26-year-old women’s shot putter Gao Yang, who has a lifetime best of 19.20 metres. (SS)

WINDIES AFTER CLEAN SWEEP - West Indies will take aim at their second clean sweep in less than two months today. Having beaten Ireland in the first two matches at Kensington Oval, the Caribbean side will be bubbling with confidence ahead of the third and final one-day international (ODI) at the Grenada National Stadium. Head coach Phil Simmons made it clear yesterday what the goal was. “We’re leading 2-0, but we all know 3-0 looks better than 2-1, so we are going for the clean sweep. We would like to play that complete game and not just bowl well, or bat well, or field well, but to do all three departments very well on the same day,” he said. (SS)

WOMAN DIES AFTER JETBLUE FLIGHT FROM BARBADOS; FAMILY WANTS ANSWERS – A selfless Queens mother, grandmother and beloved nurse for over 40 years took her last breath Monday night. “Nothing is going to bring back our mother we would just want to know what happened what did she say something to somebody to tell us something I don’t know,” said Ottley Parris. He told PIX11 News his 64-year-old mother Ingred-Denny Boyce got sick on a JetBlue flight from Barbados headed to New York’s JFK airport. How exactly she died remains a mystery. “My stepfather waiting for the phone call wondering if plane got delayed, he was saying to himself what happened then he got a call from someone at Jamaica hospital asking if he’s the spouse.” He said they were waiting for a phone call from her saying she landed, instead they got a phone call from the hospital saying she was dead. “Something happened on that plane they didn’t follow up to see what the outcome was or even try to reach out to family… Jamaica hospital found a way to reach out to family… if they found a way JetBlue could have some way.” The family says they called JetBlue multiple times but keep getting the run around. PIX11 News tried multiple times to get answers from JetBlue too, even asking what is the protocol when there is a sick passenger onboard. “We have connected with our customer’s family to offer our condolences and any support they may need” is all they’ve told us so far. “Who knows if there could have been a difference if they landed somewhere earlier and get her medical care? Could have saved her life, who knows,” said her other son Terry Denny. We’re told there were passengers who did CPR on her in the aircraft. “These people jumped up into action to save my mother, I’d love to find these people and give them a hug and say thank you.” Now, as the brothers mourn their mother, they say she moved to New York from Barbados to give them a better life. They believe she did that and so much more. That’s why they need answers. “In Barbados, she worked in the cancer ward, she would hold their hand as they were dying… she was like that very caring and giving,” said Denny. “I want people to remember my moms spirit… happy always,” said Parris. (BT)

WE GATHERING TO SHINE SPOTLIGHT ON HOSPITALS – We Gatherin’ 2020 will shine a spotlight on the hospitals of Barbados, which are earmarked to benefit from its philanthropic drive. This assurance came from Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Public Affairs, Senator Lucille Moe, this afternoon, as she delivered remarks at Mount Gay Rum Distilleries, St Lucy, where the rum production company handed over a $20 000 cheque to officials to aid in giving the St Lucy District Hospital a much needed facelift. Senator Moe indicated that other healthcare institutions, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Psychiatric Hospital, Geriatric Hospital and other district hospitals, will also receive financial or in-kind assistance. “Throughout the year we will catalogue the needs of the hospitals of Barbados to facilitate the receipt of charitable donations and I want to encourage everyone, corporate Barbados, Barbadians abroad and at home to join in these efforts and give back to these institutions,” Moe said. “Our larger vision is not only to foster the spirit of philanthropy but also to make it easy for Barbadians and those who care about Barbados, to give of their time, expertise, material or cash to support and develop our country’s healthcare system.” The Minister also indicated that the Ministry of Health and Wellness was working with the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership and the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology to create a digital portal, which will allow people to contribute financially, to pledge time, commitments and technical support to specific projects.Catalogues will be created for parish projects that are in need of assistance, with a focus on health, as well as a number of key education and community-based initiatives, she said, adding that the portal is being made ready to go live soon. “In the meantime, I want to say that donations of money, materials and equipment can still be made. You can also set aside time to volunteer at one of these institutions. “Thursday January 30 is the Open Day at the St Lucy District Hospital. Save the date so you can take a treat and spend some time either reading or reminiscing with our senior citizens who reside there,” she said. Member of Parliament for St Lucy, Peter Phillips, said the development of the District Hospital was one that St Lucy champions, and noted that the assistance from Mount Gay and future support from Barbadians, well-wishers and corporate Barbados is vital.Meanwhile, Mount Gay’s Managing Director Raphael Grisoni, who described We Gatherin’ 2020 as a fantastic initiative, also announced that in addition to providing financial assistance, the company’s 140-plus employees will head to the District Hospital to lend a helping hand to the efforts to make the environment aesthetically pleasing and more comfortable for the 52 residents. Grisoni said that every year Mount Gay contributes to a worthy cause. “And we encourage all companies in Barbados to do the same to change Barbados.” Government Ministers and officials who attended Mount Gay’s Open Day event planted trees on the St Lucy property as the company seeks to plant more than 600 trees as part of the National Tree Planting initiative. (BT)

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112th International Labour Conference.

The International Labour Organization will hold its 112th annual International Labour Conference in Geneva from 3–14 June 2024. Worker, employer and government delegates from the ILO's 187 Member States will tackle a wide range of issues, including: a standard-setting discussion on protection against biological hazards, a recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of fundamental principles and rights at work and a general discussion on decent work and the care economy. The Conference will also elect members of the Governing Body for the 2024-27 term of office

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Committee on International Trade II - INTA II

As the EU has set comprehensive sustainable development as a main goal of its trade policy, European countries’ foreign trade agreements with China and other countries have fuelled a debate on human and labour rights. How can the EU ensure that the social dimension of development is not undermined by profit driven trade policy?

Jane Gong (UK), Linus Ax (DE)

1. Key terms and definitions

Free trade agreements: agreements between states that aim to lower legal barriers that restrict the flow of goods and services between trading nations. Commonly by regulating pricing, tariffs, export levels, and methods of production. The main objective of foreign trade agreements is to increase volume and ease of trade amongst involved countries, thus increasing financial activity and boosting GDP.

EU Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Agenda aimed at carrying out business in a fair and sustainable way, respecting worker rights, and being environmentally and socially conscious.

Neoliberal trade policies: neoliberal trade policies dominated the scene since 1980, and on a fundamental level, this style of trade policy suggests that states should open up and deregulate their national economies in order to benefit from the growing world economy.

Human rights: Fundamental rights and freedoms bestowed on every human being, regardless of race, colour, nationality, sex, religion, language, and political opinions. United Nations has a Universal Declaration of Human Rights with 30 articles clarifying what these rights and freedoms entail.

Labour rights: a wide range of rights bestowed on employees, including dismissal protection, minimum security, health standards, and a right to appropriate working conditions etc.

2. Topic revelance

The process of globalisation, that is the increase in the scope, magnitude, speed and intensity of flows of goods, capital, information and people across the world has established a global economy. National and international trade policies, agreements and organisations regulate these flows and consequently shape the global economy. The liberalisation of world trade, especially under the neoliberal paradigm since the 1980s, has led to unprecedented levels of international trade and the rise of very prosperous transnational businesses. At the same time, since the 1990s the negative implications of this liberalisation have become more evident. In a pursuit to participate in the global economy and to become attractive to international businesses, many developing countries, for example, deregulated their labour markets. While this allows them to supply cheap labour, it also led to the emergence of precarious working conditions, as, for example, in sweatshops. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), such as Amnesty International, regularly report about instances of labour and human rights infringements in developing and emerging economies. Additionally, some critics argue that the implicit equalisation of trade liberalisation with development is flawed. They point to the need for development aid in order to provide states with the resources to alleviate precarative social conditions. But the effects of trade liberalisation are not confined to developing countries. Deregulation and liberalisation on trade policy in Europe, for instance, led to the migration of manufacturing industries to emerging economies, where labour and other input factors are much cheaper. This outsourcing has left many European citizens, who previously worked in these industries, in insecure economic circumstances. For these reasons, among others, the social implications of trade policy received increasing attention. In its most recent trade agreements, the European Union includes chapters on sustainable development that are designed to advance economic, social, and environmental sustainability. However, reconciling profit-driven trade policies with social responsibilities is challenging as the key conflict section of the topic overview outlines.

3. Key Conflicts

On the one hand, the EU must sustain its global competitiveness through favourable trade policies and agreements to uphold the high living standard of European citizens. On the other hand, the EU has committed itself to the advancement of sustainable development and human rights. These commitments pose a challenge for the EU due to conflicts of objectives that might arise from pursuing both. The European Union has a mandate for negotiating trade agreements on behalf of all member states. This entails the responsibility to maintain the competitiveness of the European Union and thereby high living standards and economic prosperity for EU citizens through favourable trade policy and free trade agreements. Consequently, the EU aims in its trade policies to enable European producers to compete effectively abroad, increase their exports and offer European consumers a wider range of products at lower prices. Pursuing social aims in trade policies might be conflicting with this objective in multiple ways. According to theory, in order to benefit from the global economy, countries need to exploit their comparative advantages. The comparative advantages of developing and emerging economies often encompass scarce natural resources and cheap labour. Trade agreements that enforce international social and environmental standards might be seen by these countries as barriers to the exploitation of these advantages (e.g. environmental regulation might prohibit certain mining techniques). This reluctance of potential trading partners might jeopardise the EU’s competitiveness, especially when it comes to economies such as China, the EU’s second largest trading partner. The pursuit of social standards in trade policies might also nullify some of the advantages of the trade agreement in the first place (such as in the example above the access to particular resources). When it comes to the EU’s economy, the incorporation of social objectives in trade policies might become a source of economic inertia. Dismissal protection and subsidies, for example, might sustain unprofitable industries, thereby impairing the EU’s competitiveness. Carefully designed trade agreements and policies, supplemented by development aid and cooperation with international partners, such as the World Trade Organisation (WTO), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the World Bank, might be critical for the resolution of these conflicting objectives.

4. Relevant Stakeholders

The EU: Trade policy is an exclusive competence of the European Union. It means that the EU negotiates comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with foreign countries on behalf of all EU member states and represents them in the World Trade Organisation. This equips the European Commision with considerable leverage in trade negotiations and discretion over the regulation of international trade.

World Trade Organisation: The WTO is an international trade organisation encompassing 164 member states. Through member-driven negotiations and dispute settlement mechanisms, the WTO regulates international trade. Free Trade Agreements are exceptions to the WTO rule of treating all trade partners equally and therefore require the coordination with this organisation.

World Bank: It is an international organisation that provides loans to states for development. Its interest in providing means for sustainable development renders it as a potential cooperation partner to the EU.

International Labour Organisation: The ILO is a sub-organisation of the UN, concerned with the monitoring and advancement of social justice, human and labour rights. Its effort in advancing these social dimensions on a global scale renders it as a potential cooperation partner to the EU.

5. Legislative Background

Essential Element Clauses are incorporated into over 130 political framework and trade agreements with third countries, legally imposing respect for human rights and democratic principles. It is the legal basis for positive measures, such as human rights dialogues alongside with restrictive measures for cases where there are severe and serious violations of human rights.

Sustainability Impact Assessments are carried out by the EU before concluding any trade agreement to identify the potential impact of an upcoming trade agreement on various factors, including human rights, gender equality, environment and social standards.

Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are trade agreements between the EU and less developed countries with an emphasis on making trade policy contribute to the sustainable development of these regions.

EU Aid for Trade supports developing countries in appropriating benefits from international trade to help them fight poverty. Measures include technical assistance for trade policy and regulations, building production capacity as well as trade-related infrastructure and decreasing tariff and nontariff barriers for the export of these products into the EU.

EU Human Rights Policy includes chapters on the protection of human rights within the EU and promoting human rights worldwide. The 2012 Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy and the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy provides consistency and an agreed basis for both the EU and its institutions. The EU policy defends the universal and indivisible nature of human rights with all levels of society. It has included a human rights clause for all agreements on trade or cooperation with non-EU countries and has imposed sanctions for human rights breaches.

European instrument for democracy and human rights (EIDHR) supports groups and associations or individuals that defend human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law in non-EU countries. With a budget of €1.3 bn for 2014-2020, the EIDHR enables the EU to observe and advice on improving electoral and democratic processes to support regional human rights protection mechanisms.

EU Communication on the Agenda for Change is the basis for the EU’s Development Policy. Adopted in 2011, the key principles of the Agenda for Change are differentiation, concentration, coordination, and coherence, and the key priorities are human rights, democracy and good governance. The EU’s main focus is on inclusive and sustainable human development, economic growth, as the the EU recognises that it is crucial for poverty reduction.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an important factor in the EU’s development policy, and it includes the EU Sustainable Development Goals, which have 17 different goals to achieve by the year 2030, including ending poverty, increasing sustainable energy consumption and promoting democracy. Goal 8 focuses on providing quality work and decent working conditions to create sustainable growth, reiterating EU’s stance on human and labour rights.

6. Key Questions

How and to what extent should the EU condemn the human and labour rights violations of countries that it has trade agreements with?

Especially in negotiations with powerful economies such as China, the enforcement of social standards through trade agreements can severely impair economic growth, how can the EU reconcile its need to facilitate economic growth with its commitment to the advancement of human and labour rights?

How can the EU protect economically vulnerable EU citizens from the forces of global competition whilst attracting foreign investments and businesses?

How should EU react to foreign businesses that violate labour and human rights?

During trade agreement discussions, how can EU diplomatically negotiate and incorporate its labour rights agendas?

EU’s role in human rights for trade and investment agreements

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/86031/Study.pdf

China and EU’s relationship:

http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/china/

Reported human rights violations in these countries:

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/china-and-tibet

Human rights impact on trade deal discussion:

https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-presses-vietnam-on-human-rights/3744840.html

https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/12/eu-deeply-troubled-chinas-human-rights-record/

EU and India trade agreement’s impact on human rights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4WUaButv7U

EU Human Rights Policy and the challenges facing Europe today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAEFTqHK67o

Critical Analysis of EU’s essential element clauses https://ghum.kuleuven.be/ggs/publications/working_papers/2015/158hachez

Social dimension of globalisation and trade “A fair globalisation creating opportunities for all”

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/wcsdg/docs/report.pdf

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International Labour Organization

11th April 1919, The International Labour Organization is founded. About International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency dealing with labour problems, particularly international labour standards, social protection, and work opportunities for all. The ILO has 187 member states: 186 of the 193 UN member states plus the Cook Islands are members of the ILO. In 1969, the organization received the Nobel Peace Prize for improving peace among classes, pursuing decent work and justice for workers, and providing technical assistance to other developing nations. The ILO registers complaints against entities that are violating international rules; however, it does not impose sanctions on governments. In 1998, the 86th International Labour Conference adopted the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. This declaration contains four fundamental policies - The right of workers to associate freely and bargain collectively - The end of forced and compulsory labour; More about this : http://ift.tt/2oncLs0

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Panel discussion - World Child labour Day 2024.

The high-level side event organized by the ILO during the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference, at the fringes of the Recurrent Item Discussion on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, celebrates the 25 years since the adoption of ILO Convention No. 182.

Panel 1: Eliminating child labour - progress, challenges and the way forward.

Panel 2: Partnerships to scale up action.

It also provides an opportunity for tripartite constituents to discuss advances and challenges in relation to the elimination of child labour with the aim to improve implementation worldwide, as well as to promote universal ratification of ILO Convention No. 138.

World Day Against Child Labour 2024 Panel discussion. Today at 13:30 until Wednesday, 12 June 2024 at 14:45 (Europe/Paris).

International Labour Organization; ILO Arab States - منظمة العمل الدولية، المكتب الاقليمي للدول العربية; International Labour Centre (ILC); ILO - Labour Migration Africa; OIM México

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Labour Rights are Human Rights.

2023 is the 25th anniversary of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, a historic commitment by governments, employers' and workers' organizations to uphold basic human values in our social and economic lives. At last year's ILC the right to a safe and healthy working environment was declared as the fifth fundamental principle and right at work.

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loyallogic · 4 years ago

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Reducing xenophobia at the global level

This article is written by Shriyanshi Chitransh, student of FIMT school of law. Here, I have given a brief overview on Xenophobia having an impact on the life of migrants and refugees and how global organizations have worked to reduce it at the global level.

Introduction

We are in the year 2020 but the world is struggling by humans’ tendency to discriminate against other humans based on their nationality, colour, religion, or sex. According to UNHCR, 76.5 million people around the world are forced to flee their country. Among the figures, 26 million were refugees and around half were under the age of 18. People are growing to be anti-refugees and anti-migrants and acting violence and discriminating against the migrants and refugees. The severity of this phenomenon is evident in the reports of mistreatment and discriminations. Both documented and undocumented migrants and refugees are facing high levels of hostility and inconvenience. There are so many stateless people who are denied a nationality and deprived of basic human rights. NGOs and human rights organisations such as UNHCR, UNICEF, etc are constantly taking action against any mistreatment and spreading the word to be welcoming to the migrants and workers.

History of the word Xenophobia

The word Xenophobia is as old as you think it might be. With all the evidence it suggests that it originated near the late 19th Century. The term Xenophobia means fear of different, or foreign. Xenophobia derived from greek term Xeno which means strange or foreign and phobia for fear. The Oxford English Dictionary gave a liberal meaning of Xenophobia as irrational, deep-rooted, hatred towards foreigners or a person that doesn’t follow their cultures.

There are two types of Xenophobia:

Cultural Xenophobia: People are so xenophobic that they can manifest other people from their cultures such as clothing or language.

Xenophobic towards immigrated people: The most common type of Xenophobia is the one towards immigrated people. This may result most often because of the mass immigration of a group of people from their country to another in search of employment and better livelihood. This results in violence and discriminations against those immigrated people.

Human rights approach to international migration

As of now, migrants and refugees should be the concern considering the fact that they are in the most distress situation. Luckily, more consideration is given to the protection of the immigrants and refugees by the NGOs and human rights organization. Fortunately, Migrants rights have emerged as an important topic of discussion in many migration-related conferences and forums but the same discussion has to result in some concrete action. A decade ago, an extension to migrants of basic human rights principles was there in the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and their Families which was built on the ILO’s 1949 and 1975 Convention on the subject. Recently NGOs and organizations are working towards reviving these norms, particularly by initiating a global campaign for the ratification of the UN convention.

Human rights recognize that rights are for every person irrespective of their ethnicity. Human rights are universal and applicable to everyone. These rights cannot be denied to anyone. A human right framework may acknowledge where Xenophobia is motivating or compelling migration. This framework allows us to know where exactly Xenophobia is affecting the treatment of migrants and refugees.

Establishing a rights-based approach towards protecting migrants and refugees from Xenophobia

Core Rights: No one can deny the fundamental humans rights of migrants and refugees. These rights are penned down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other two major human rights treaties are the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. These two covenants are approved by the United Nations and are under legal obligations to ensure effective implementations. These core rights in these instruments are applicable to non-citizens and these rights are enforced in all the states irrespective of their inclusion of parties to the relevant treaties. The standards that have to be followed in the matter of employment for the migrants have been enshrined in several International Labour organization’s Conventions and Recommendations.

The 1949 Convention No. 97 regarding the discrimination against the migrants and refugees on the basis of nationality, race, sex, or religion in matters of allowances, remuneration, hours of work. Minimum wage, social security, etc. The ILO’s 1975 Migrant workers Convention (NO.143) further defined the rights of migrant workers to their family reunification and to preserve their ethnic identity and cultural ties with their origin countries and to have freedom for the choice of employment after successfully being resident for two years for employment.

The 1958 ILO Convention No.111 on discrimination in respect of employment and occupation prescribed any distinctions, exclusion or preferences made on the basis of race, religion, sex, political opinion or social origin which has the effect of diminishing or impairing any equal opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation. All these conventions have been approved by a significant number of states, and are expected to be accepted by other countries too. Convention No.111 has received 151 ratifications whereas Convention No.97 has 41, and Convention No.143 has been ratified by 18 states.

1990 UN Convention on Rights of Migrant workers and their families: The 1990 UN Convention on Rights of all the Migrant Workers and their families provide a legal framework for the protection of the migrants against all forms of xenophobic culture. The Convention applies to all the legal and unauthorized or irregular migrant workers. It states that the migrant worker should be upheld for slavery or any type of forced labour must not be demanded from them. The local government should take legal action towards persons or groups who use violence against the migrant worker or threaten them into doing irregular tasks. The significance and relevance of the provision in these conventions can be precise in the following points:

Migrant workers are seen more than labourers and economic units. They are social groups with families and have rights including that of their families.

The Convention acknowledges the fact that migrant workers and members of their families’ rights are unprotected in the state of employment. Their rights are often not recognised by the legislation of the receiving states (countries they migrated to) or by their own state of origin.

Through the Convention, the definition of migrant workers, categories of migrant workers and the members of their families are defined. It also establishes the standard of treatment of the human rights of the Migrant workers and the members of their families.

Fundamental human rights are applicable to all the migrant workers and the members of their families both legal and unauthorized, with additional rights being granted for the legal migrants and their families.

The Convention plays a prominent role in diminishing and preventing any type of exploitation and hostility against any migrant workers and their families.

It makes an effort to establish minimum standards of protection for the migrant workers and the members of their families that are globally recognized. It serves as a mechanism to encourage the states lacking national standards to bring their legislation in closer harmony.

Withstanding the fact the Convention specially addresses the migrant workers and the members of their families, implementation of the provisions will provide a sense of protection to all the vulnerable migrants who are in irregular situations.

Acknowledgement or recession by 20 states is required for this instrument to come in operation and be part of International law. It may then be considered as a reliable standard of good practice, and thus may exert strong persuasive power over the non-party states, who have not agreed to be bound by the standards.

New Protection for Trafficked Persons and smuggled Migrants: The Protocol against Trafficking in Persons- Especially Women and Children (Trafficking Protocol) and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea, and Air (Migrant Smuggling Protocol), adopted by the General assembly in the year 2000, are enshrined with the provisions of protecting these vulnerable sections of the society. It is expected by the states parties to the trafficking Protocol are to protect the privacy of the trafficked victims and ensure that they are given access on legal proceedings and to produce their views and concerns during the criminal legal proceedings against the offenders and to provide facilities for the recovery of the victims of the trafficking physically and psychologically and physical safety of the victims within the territory and the domestic laws ensure the victims of receiving compensation. Special requirements for the children’s education and housing facilities are to be taken care of in the application of the provision. The government is required to take appropriate measures to ensure the protection of trafficked people from re-victimization and preventing trafficking.

Whereas the protection provisions of the Migrant Smuggling Protocol are not as vast as The Trafficking Protocol, the former includes a number of provisions aimed at protecting the basic rights of smuggled migrants and preventing their exploitation and any other related offences which often accompany the smuggling process. States are required to take all appropriate measures to protect the internationally recognized rights of smuggled migrants.

The Special Character of the refugee protection regime: Giving importance to the protection of the migrant workers should not minimize the need for protection of the refugees, who are fleeing persecution. The principles provided in the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol may be neglected by policies aimed at eliminating irregular migration.

The 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees and its 1967 Protocol were landmarks in establishing the standards for the treatment of refugees which are as relevant as they were in 1951. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is an international agency aimed at providing international protection to the refugees and other persons of concern. It looks particularly in the application of conventions for the protection of refugees.

What we can do to fight Xenophobia

Immigrants and refugees all around the world are facing suspicion and hostility now and then. They are running for their lives and trying to fit into society considering the norms of Xenophobia and racist citizens. Celebrating other cultures sends out the message that Xenophobia and racism will not be part of civil society. This is our job, this is our duty, as a citizen, as parents, as citizens to find ways to combat this disease wherever we can and prove that Xenophobia and racism are not healthy and they are injuring the life of millions.

Here are five ways:

Celebrate each other’s culture: There is absolutely nothing productive about the global health emergency. The least we can do is to support local businesses, run by immigrants, and make them feel home. Coronavirus is a threat to all of us and we should try and protect the most vulnerable among us. We should teach our kids and people around us to appreciate and respect other cultures, as we all are from the same planet and in this together. There is no greater joy than celebrating mankind together.

Call out bigotry and hate speeches: Around the world, we are witnessing immense amounts of hate speeches among the Americans and Europeans. They differ in putting up with the people that are not part of their culture and tend to defame them and often blaming them for the difficulties in their lives. Look out for people who are going through such situations and if you overhear telling racist jokes, or spreading Xenophobia, correct them and let them know stereotyping is extremely harmful and dangerous. Teach your children to do the same. There is nothing more important than making people feel safe and secure.

Stand up for people being harassed and intervene if it is safe to do: If you see someone being harassed stand up for them, they may not say things because of fear but they need our support more than anything. It is important to help if it is safe. When people stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees, bullies tend to lose their power. We cannot let the bullies normalize the verbal and physical abuse. Everyone has a right to live with dignity and harmony.

Educate children about kindness and how to talk about differences: Prejudice against people from different backgrounds and hate are not natural. We are nurtured in a way to grow up being xenophobic and racist. Children become biased when they see adults around them doing the same thing. Make children realize that all lives matter and we are all the same.

Support human rights organizations like UNICEF: Human rights are bestowed to every human in this world and UNICEF have been tirelessly working to provide the need of a child. They are creating policies and introducing measures to help a child live a normal life. Children are supposed to live a peaceful and healthy life. Children uprooted by war, poverty needs our support.

Conclusion

The protection of migrants and the refugees from the Xenophobic hostility, discrimination and violence need concrete action, approaches, coordination, and strategies. Various initiatives by NGOs and human rights organizations seem viable and effective implementation is required. All of this and more are needed to encourage people to come forward and stop people from blaming other people for any little inconvenience in their life. The fundamental basic human rights are universal and applicable to everyone irrespective of their origin country and ethnicity. We are living in the 21st century and this kind of hostility and discrimination should have been long gone. All migrants and refugees have the right to live with harmony and dignity.

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Reducing xenophobia at the global level

Introduction

History of the word Xenophobia

There are two types of Xenophobia:

Cultural Xenophobia: People are so xenophobic that they can manifest other people from their cultures such as clothing or language.

Human rights approach to international migration

Establishing a rights-based approach towards protecting migrants and refugees from Xenophobia

Migrant workers are seen more than labourers and economic units. They are social groups with families and have rights including that of their families.

The Convention plays a prominent role in diminishing and preventing any type of exploitation and hostility against any migrant workers and their families.

What we can do to fight Xenophobia

Here are five ways:

Conclusion

References

https://ift.tt/3jnDIFv

https://ift.tt/34EXNTz

https://ift.tt/2QwxjLR

https://ift.tt/2YHsPXn

https://ift.tt/2EKPJ8N

https://ift.tt/3gCm9Q4

LawSikho has created a telegram group for exchanging legal knowledge, referrals and various opportunities. You can click on this link and join:

https://t.me/joinchat/J_0YrBa4IBSHdpuTfQO_sA

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