Human and Trade Union Rights
:: Policy ::
The policy which EI formulated for its work on human and trade union rights is based on the resolutions passed by its World Congresses. Other resolutions related to human and trade union rights but dealing with issues such as Gender equality, Children rights, LGBT or Indigenous peoples can be found under the relevant EI websections.
Human and Trade Union Rights resolutions:
- "United for greater social justice" (2007)
- "Globalizations and the Rights and Employment Conditions of Teachers and Education Personnel" (2001)
- "Trade Union Rights" (1995)
- "The 50th Anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of ILO Convention 87, Concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize" (1998)
- "50th Anniversary of the United Nations" (1995)
- "The Role of the UN in the Current International Context" (2004)
- "Racism, Religious Intolerance" (1995)
- "Death Penalty" (2004)
- "Education for a Peaceful Environment in Schools" (2004)
- "Trafficking in Women, Girls and Boys" (2001)
- "International migration" (2007)
Country resolutions:
- Afghanistan (2001, 1998)
- Algeria (2001 , 1998)
- Burma (2001)
- Colombia (2007, 2004, 2001)
- Djibouti (2004)
- Ethiopia (2007)
- Indonesia and East Timor (1998)
- Iraq (2007, 2004)
- Korea (2001, 1998)
- Kosovo (1998)
- Macedonia (2001)
- Mexico (Oaxaca) (2007)
- Nepal (2004, 2001)
- Palestine and Israel (2004)
- Peru (2007)
- Philippines (2007)
- Sudan (2004)
- Turkey (2004, 1995)
The international instruments which guide EI's policy are the international conventions, treaties and recommendations, such as:
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
- ILO Convention 29: Forced Labour
- ILO Convention 87: Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize
- ILO Convention 98: Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining
- ILO Convention 100: Equal Remuneration
- ILO Convention 105: Abolition of Forced Labour
- ILO Convention 111: Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)
- ILO Convention 138: Minimum Age
- ILO Convention 169: Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
- ILO Convention 182: Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour
- 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers
- 1997 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel
- UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter)
- European Social Charter
- European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- American Convention on Human Rights
- Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations