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Resource Documents
The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Asia
This analysis covers COVID-19 laws in seven Asian countries, namely, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and...
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Law & Informality Insights
Re-examining Legal Narratives on Vagrancy, Public Spaces and Colonial Constructs: A Commentary on the ACHPR’s Advisory Opinion on Vagrancy Laws in Africa
This edition of Law and Informality Insights analyzes the implications for informal workers of the recent African Court on Human and Peoples’...
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Resource Documents
The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Street Vendors and Market Traders: Trends and Insights from Latin America
This study examines the laws and regulations passed in response to the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America, and their impact on informal vendors,...
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Law & Informality Insights
The “Right to the City” and Emerging Indian Jurisprudence: Implications for Informal Livelihoods
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Advocacy Materials
The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector: Its Application to Homeworkers
In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. These principles are important...
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Policy/Position Documents
Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: Platform of Demands to the European Commission
A Platform of Demands to the European Commission in the context of the proposed legislation governing Sustainable Corporate Governance in...
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Research Reports
The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Africa
This paper analyses the COVID-19 laws of 41 Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone African countries with an informal trading lens. It considers...
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Law & Informality Insights
The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Informal Workers: A Review of 51 Countries
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Policy/Position Documents
Joint Statement Garment Workers COVID-19
En Español (PDF)
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Working Papers
The European Union’s Commodification of Bulgarian Homeworkers: Regulating Informal Labour in Global Production Networks
This paper interrogates the potential of contemporary international law instruments to realize decent work for homeworkers. It grounds the...
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