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The Protection of Labour Rights in Trade Agreements. The Case of the EU-Colombia Agreement KU Leuven
© 2016 Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands. In response to the disappointing progress at the multilateral level, trading powers like the European Union (EU) have increasingly used their market access power as leverage to promote non-trade objectives with third countries. Through so-called ‘Trade & Sustainable Development Chapters’, the EU’s new generation of regional and bilateral trade agreements include explicit provisions on ...
Redesigning enforcement in private labor regulation. Will it work? KU Leuven
Copyright © The authors 2016 Journal compilation © International Labour Organization 2016 Private labour regulation has emerged as an international governance tool for the enforcement of international labour standards. Yet, doubts have recently been expressed concerning the potential of such private systems for effectively improving labour conditions in supply chains. Their typical top-down auditing approach to enforcing standards is considered ...
Is everybody on board? Voluntary sustainability standards and green restructuring KU Leuven
© 2016 Society for International Development. The article introduces voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) as a governance mechanism to promote green industrial restructuring. The paper first sketches the proliferation of VSS. Next, we turn toward the potential impact of VSS and their use worldwide by analyzing the dynamics of adoption of VSS globally. We demonstrate that VSS are mainly used in developed countries (high-income economies which ...
Localizing Fundamental Rights in the European Union. What is the Role of Local and Regional Authorities and How to Strengthen It? KU Leuven
© 2015 The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Recent literature has pointed to the importance of localizing fundamental rights in order to further strengthen their effective protection. In this context attention has been paid mainly to civil society organizations, but not as much to local and regional authorities. What role can local and regional authorities play in enforcing fundamental rights in the ...
Global Governance through Trade EU Policies and Approaches KU Leuven
© The Editors and Contributors Severally 2015. All rights reserved. The 'new generation' of EU trade policies aims to advance public goods - such as promoting sustainable development, protecting human rights and enhancing governance in third states. These developments raise important questions surrounding extraterritoriality, coherence and legitimacy. In Global Governance through Trade leading scholars provide a cohesive overview of relevant ...
Global Governance of Labour Rights. Assessing the Effectiveness of Transnational Public and Private Policy Initiatives KU Leuven
© The Editors and Contributors Severally 2015. All rights reserved. This insightful book incorporates perspectives from several disciplines to provide a unique systematic analysis of emerging public and private initiatives in global labour rights governance. The expert contributors explore the complexities of labour rights governance in a global economy characterized by transnational supply chains. They assess how transnational, ...