Innovatively linking actual implementation to ratification of International Labour Office (ILO) Core Conventions, the author develops a new method and uses unexploited data from the ILO's supervisory system to rate the achievement of basic human rights in the world of work - freedom of association and freedom from forced labour, child labour and discrimination - for 159 countries during the period 1985-2003. It will appeal to the human and labour rights communities as well as to social scientists interested in indicators or international relations.

'...this is a very good book and one that should be used as a reference tool by IR scholars as well as those interested in labour more generally.' - Millennium Journal of International Studies

Autorentext
W.R.BÖHNING is a Political Scientist educated at the Free University of Berlin. He first made his name on international migration questions at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and the International Labour Office, before covering ILO's technical co-operation in South-East Asia and workers' basic rights globally. He is now a Consultant in Geneva, Switzerland.

Inhalt
Preface Abbreviations Basic Labour Rights Are Human Rights Can the Achievement of Rights be Measured Quantitatively? The Architecture and Scope of the Gap System Measuring Adherence Measuring Implementation Time Lags and Finalisation of the System's Features Human Rights Achievements - Measuring the Four Freedoms as a Whole Achievements in the Area of Freedom of Association Achievements in the Area of Forced Labour Achievements in the Area of Child Labour Achievements in the Area of Non-Discrimination Typical Country Patterns and Conclusions Rights Gap Indicators Bibliographic Indicators Endnotes