Labour rights in Export Processing Zones with a focus on GSP+ beneficiary countries
The European Union’s GSP+ scheme provides trade concessions to beneficiary countries and obliges them to ratify and effectively implement key international conventions on human rights and labour rights. The sectoral gains of GSP+ have thus far been concentrated on exports of apparel, textiles and processed fish. Such sectors are often located in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) where the governance of labour rights may differ from the rest of the country and fall below international legal standards. This study examines the apparel sectors of Pakistan, Mongolia and Sri Lanka and the processed fish sector of the Philippines. The importance of EPZs to exports under the GSP+ varies by country and sector. Only in Pakistan are EPZs legally exempt from rights relating to freedom of association and collective bargaining. But restrictions on these and other rights in practice remain widespread, and are not confined to EPZs. Efforts to promote labour rights through the GSP+ should focus on key export sectors benefitting from the scheme and consider EPZs alongside other sites of the supply chain where exploited workers are based.
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Benjamin RICHARDSON, James HARRISON and Liam CAMPLING
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- AFACERI ŞI CONCURENŢĂ
- AGRICULTURĂ, SILVICULTURĂ ŞI PESCUIT
- ANGAJARE ÎN MUNCĂ ŞI CONDIŢII DE MUNCĂ
- Asia şi Oceania
- clauză socială
- COMERŢ
- comerţ internaţional
- condiții de muncă
- construcţie europeană
- DREPT
- drept internaţional
- dreptul internațional al muncii
- dreptul muncii
- dreptul muncii şi relaţii de muncă
- drepturile individului
- Filipine
- GEOGRAFIE
- geografie economică
- industria confecțiilor
- industria peștelui
- industria pielăriei şi textilă
- INDUSTRIE
- integrarea perspectivei de gen
- libertate sindicală
- Mongolia
- negociere colectivă
- organizarea afacerilor
- organizarea muncii şi a condiţiilor de muncă
- Pakistan
- pescuit
- politică comercială
- politică comercială comună
- politică industrială
- responsabilitate socială corporatistă
- rolul internațional al UE
- Sri Lanka
- tarif preferențial generalizat
- UNIUNEA EUROPEANĂ
- zonă industrială liberă