Search results for: “labour force participation”

  • Industrial Action

    Industrial action in the International Trade Union Rights Area Definition of Industrial action provided by ITUC-CSI-IGB: Any form of action taken by a group of workers, a union or an employer during an industrial dispute to gain concessions from the other party, e.g. a strike, go-slow or an […]

  • Advisory Proceedings

    Advisory Proceedings Advisory proceedings are less confrontational than contentious proceedings in that States are not parties and do not have to defend themselves. For “The Elgar Companion to the International Court of Justice” (Elgar Companions to International Courts and Tribunals series, Robert Kolb), they are “something of a peculiarity for a court of justice. The…

  • History of Zionism

    History of Zionism History of Zionism before 1910 During the middle ages, though the racial character of the Jews was being transformed by their Ghetto seclusion, the national yearning suffered no relaxation. If it expressed itself exclusively in literature, it was not on that account undergoing a process of idealization. (Cf. Abrahams’s Jewish Life in…

  • Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988

    Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…

  • Constitutional Text: Bangladesh 1972, Amended 2004

    Constitutional Text: Bangladesh 1972, Amended 2004 CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH NOVEMBER 4, 1972, AS AMENDED TO MAY 16, 2004 BISMILLAH-AR-RAHIMAN-AR-RAHIM (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful) Preamble We, the people of Bangladesh, having proclaimed our Independence on the 26th day of March, 1971 and through a historic war for…

  • Constitutional Text: Austria 1920, Admended 2004

    AUSTRIA’S CONSTITUTION OF 1920 WITH AMENDMENTS THROUGH 2004 JANUARY 1ST, 2004 Chapter I General Provisions; European Union A. General Provisions Article 1. Austria is a democratic republic. Its law emanates from the people. Article 2. 1. Austria is a federal state. 2. The Federal State is composed of the autonomous Laender of Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower…

  • Prisoners of War Law

    Prisoners of War Law Introduction Prisoners of War Law is mainly covered under the Geneva Convention which defines POWs as a person, civilian or combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Prisioners of Law (POW) is any person captured or interned by a belligerent…

  • Convention on the Rights of the Child Part 7

    Convention on the Rights of the Child Part 7   108 THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE Convention on the Rights of the Child St. Louis University Public Law Review Volume 22, Number 2, 2003 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 109 U.S. RATIFICATION OF THE Convention on the Rights of the Child John…

  • Trade law Part 37

    Trade law Part 37   401 The less said – the worse: Silence as misleading and deceptive conduct Frederika De Wilde Trade Practices Law Journal Volume 15, Number 1, March 2007 p.7 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW Is silence golden under s 52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)? The purpose of this article…

  • International Security Part 19

    International Security Part 19   238 [Articles] THE ‘HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH’ ADVOCATED BY THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION:: IS IT RELEVANT FOR WTO LAW AND POLICY? Petersmann, E.-U. Journal of International Economic Law Volume 7, Number 3, 2004 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW The today universal recognition…

  • International law index G

    International law index G   Gab?à­kovo-Nagymaros Case (Hungary/Slovakia) Gacaca Courts Gali? Case Ganges River GATT and the Goods Council Gay Rights Gender-Based Crimes General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947 and 1994) General Agreement on Trade in Services (1994) General Comments/Recommendations General International Law (Principles, Rules and Standards) General Participation Clause (Clausula si omnes) General…

  • International law index C

    International law index C   Cabotage Calvo Doctrine/Calvo Clause Cambodia Conflicts (Kampuchea) Camp David Accords (1978) Canals Canevaro Claim Arbitration Capital, Free Flow of Capitulations Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Caroline, The Casamance Conflict Case concerning Certain Questions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Djibouti v France)…

  • MPEPIL: Public Law: G

    MPEPIL: Encyclopedia of Public Law: G   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL): Articles listed alphabetically View a list of articles beginning with this letter: 1. Gab?à­kovo-Nagymaros Case (Hungary/Slovakia), Schrijver, Nico J and Prislan, Vid 2. Gacaca Courts, Hankel, Gerd 3. Gali? Case, Heilmann, Daniel 4. Ganges River, Subedi, Surya P 5. Gay…

  • MPEPIL: Public Law: C

    MPEPIL: Encyclopedia of Public Law: C   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL): Articles listed alphabetically View a list of articles beginning with this letter: 1. Cabotage, Giemulla, Elmar M 2. Calvo Doctrine/Calvo Clause, Juillard, Patrick 3. Cambodia Conflicts (Kampuchea), Keller, Lucy 4. Camp David Accords (1978), Quigley, John B 5. Canals, Arcari,…

  • Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries

    Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries   PART I. GENERAL POLICY Article 1 1. This Convention applies to: (a) tribal peoples in independent countries whose social, cultural and economic conditions distinguish them from other sections of the national community, and whose status is regulated wholly or partially by their own customs or…