SUMMARY: 1. Introduction. – 2. Public Monitoring vs Private Monitoring. – 3. Initiatives for Monitoring Systems by International Organizations. – 3.1. Initiatives by Public Organizations. – 3.1.1.... Show moreSUMMARY: 1. Introduction. – 2. Public Monitoring vs Private Monitoring. – 3. Initiatives for Monitoring Systems by International Organizations. – 3.1. Initiatives by Public Organizations. – 3.1.1. ILO: Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy. – 3.1.2. OECD: Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. – 3.1.3. UN: Global Compact and The Ruggie Framework. – 3.2. ILO Convention 81 Labour Inspection. – 4. Monitoring Systems as Found in Private Initiatives Applied in Practice. – 4.1. CSR Codes of Conduct. – 4.2. International Framework Agreements. – 4.3 Monitoring Initiatives by NGOs. – 4.4. Concluding Remarks on Transnational Private Monitoring Systems. – 5. Discussion of Previous Proposals by Other Scholars. – 6. Transnational Labour Inspection: Our Proposal and Idea. – 7. Conclusions. – 8. References. Show less
Ever since its constitution the ILO has developed and maintained a system of labour standards in order to create decent work all over the world. With the globalisation of the economy multinationals... Show moreEver since its constitution the ILO has developed and maintained a system of labour standards in order to create decent work all over the world. With the globalisation of the economy multinationals have gained an important position in furthering these labour standards throughout their value chains. From a regulatory point of view this development has resulted in a panoply of law and law-like initiatives within the global space in order to implement the labour standards. Much is already known about these initiatives from an individual and isolated perspective. Yet, little is known about their interactions in the global space. Whereas the concept of global space acknowledges the coexistence of different regulatory forms serving different roles, the concept of hybrid structures acknowledges the fact that these regulations interact in several configurations. The aim of this contribution is to map the main regulatory initiatives, to analyse their different roles in the global space of labour standards and to analyse in which configurations they interact. The findings of this analysis provide a more advanced and comprehensive understanding of the regulation of labour standards on the global level. Show less
