RESEARCH PAPER ON NEED FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS IN THE WTO ERA: A LEGAL STUDY

AUTHOR – SANJANA KHANJIRE, STUDENT AT SCHOOL OF LAW, MIT WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY, PUNE, BHARAT

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Abstract

This paper reviews the key issues in the debate in India in particular and in the developing countries in general, on the linkage between international labour standards and international trade. The discussion is located within the context of the role of the WTO and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles (1998). There are suspicions about the role of WTO in this regard, but consensus about ILO’s competence to deal with the subject. However, in actual practice, as yet, both the WTO and the ILO have had limited effective say. In contrast, international initiatives at the sectorial level through social labelling and consumer boycotts are having significant influence in ensuring compliance with core labour standards covering right to unionise and collective bargaining, prohibit child labour and forced labour, and ending discrimination. The perspectives of the social partners in developed and developing countries have been discussed.

Keywords:  International Labour Standards, International Labour Organisation, Globalisation, Employment,