Law Programme

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

Decent Work for Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains Platform of Demands

Advocacy MaterialThousands of homeworkers contributed, directly or indirectly, to the demands contained in this Platform.

Using South Africa’s Administrative Law to Protect the Rights of Informal Workers

This booklet was designed for informal workers (especially street vendors and waste pickers) who work in public space in South Africa. It...

Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 — The Domestic Workers’ Convention