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Marley S. Weiss I. Introduction International labor standards are among the oldest international standards pertaining to the conduct of private, as well as public, economic actors. They long predate the post-World War II body of international human rights instruments. The International Labour Organization (ILO), the international organization under whose auspices most international labor standards have been promulgated, dates back to 1919 and the era of the League of Nations.1 Far from being settled, however, nearly every aspect of the current international labor standards regime is in flux: the role of labor standards in the international legal, economic, political, and social order, as well as in the parallel domestic orders; the modes by which standards are brought into being; the manner and means of their implementation and enforcement; the degree to which they may be binding solely on nation-state parties, and enforceable only at their behest; and the extent to which private actors, such as employer associations, trade union associations, worker rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and individuals, play roles in the creation and enforcement of international labor norms. Although the substantive content of international labor standards is changing at a far less blistering pace, important alterations in priorities for
The Good Society – Penn State University Press
Published: Jul 23, 2008
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