Law Programme

Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries

This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend...

Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa

Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support...

Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban Environment

The New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And...

Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: A Review of Literature

Challenging the Legal Boundaries of Work Regulation

Abstract: Focusing on paid work that blurs traditional legal boundaries and the challenge this poses to traditional forms of labour regulation,...

Legal and Policy Tools to Meet Informal Workers Demands: Lessons from India

This brief draws on a two-year Indian study detailing how legal and policy tools have been used or can be used to address the diverse concerns...

Using the Right to Information in the Informal Economy: A How-To Guide

This practical guide outlines how the right to information, a right that is broadly recognized in international law and in most countries...

Protecting the Worker in the Informal Economy: The Role of Labour Law

Nurturing a culture of compliance with domestic workers’ rights in South Africa