Labour Human Rights in Portugal: Challenges to Their Effectiveness

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Autor(a) principal: Henriques, Marina Pessoa
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/34073
Resumo: This article discusses the relationship between Portugal and the International Labour Organization (ILO), considering the extent to which the ILO’s system of international labour standards is recognised at the national level in the context of labour law and labour relations, and observes the ILO’s special procedures (complaints and representations) in the field of international labour human rights. The use of the ILO’s system of complaints and representations by national social actors is relevant for the configuration of the Portuguese labour relations system, considering that the changes and tensions emerging from labour relations gain expression and voice within these mechanisms. In order to assess the effectiveness of national laws and regulations, we analyse the effects of ILO’s special control mechanisms on the state, law and labour relations system. Indeed, the use of the ILO’s complaints and representations system seems to reveal the ineffectiveness of labour human rights in Portugal. The ILO’s special procedures are analysed according to three functions: a political function as a result of the mediation state/labour civil society; an instrumental/procedural function referring to the regulation of conflicts; and a symbolic function related to the setting/expression of social expectations. The soft law characteristics associated with this mechanism as well as its results are also considered.
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title Labour Human Rights in Portugal: Challenges to Their Effectiveness
spellingShingle Labour Human Rights in Portugal: Challenges to Their Effectiveness
Henriques, Marina Pessoa
Labour human rights
Labour relations
ILO
International Labour Organization
Soft law
Decent work
title_short Labour Human Rights in Portugal: Challenges to Their Effectiveness
title_full Labour Human Rights in Portugal: Challenges to Their Effectiveness
title_fullStr Labour Human Rights in Portugal: Challenges to Their Effectiveness
title_full_unstemmed Labour Human Rights in Portugal: Challenges to Their Effectiveness
title_sort Labour Human Rights in Portugal: Challenges to Their Effectiveness
author Henriques, Marina Pessoa
author_facet Henriques, Marina Pessoa
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Henriques, Marina Pessoa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Labour human rights
Labour relations
ILO
International Labour Organization
Soft law
Decent work
topic Labour human rights
Labour relations
ILO
International Labour Organization
Soft law
Decent work
description This article discusses the relationship between Portugal and the International Labour Organization (ILO), considering the extent to which the ILO’s system of international labour standards is recognised at the national level in the context of labour law and labour relations, and observes the ILO’s special procedures (complaints and representations) in the field of international labour human rights. The use of the ILO’s system of complaints and representations by national social actors is relevant for the configuration of the Portuguese labour relations system, considering that the changes and tensions emerging from labour relations gain expression and voice within these mechanisms. In order to assess the effectiveness of national laws and regulations, we analyse the effects of ILO’s special control mechanisms on the state, law and labour relations system. Indeed, the use of the ILO’s complaints and representations system seems to reveal the ineffectiveness of labour human rights in Portugal. The ILO’s special procedures are analysed according to three functions: a political function as a result of the mediation state/labour civil society; an instrumental/procedural function referring to the regulation of conflicts; and a symbolic function related to the setting/expression of social expectations. The soft law characteristics associated with this mechanism as well as its results are also considered.
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