Programme: Law Programme

The “Right to the City” and Emerging Indian Jurisprudence: Implications for Informal Livelihoods

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...

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...

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...

Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 — The Domestic Workers’ Convention (Amharic)

The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Informal Workers: A Review of 51 Countries

Joint Statement Garment Workers COVID-19

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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...

Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand

Informal Economy Budget Analysis for Lilongwe City in Malawi – Resource Document 13