ILO 2015 -- Decent Work Report(Third Edition)
Decent work for persons with disabilities: promoting rights in the global development agenda
International Labour Office - Geneva
Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch
Contents
- 1. International legal instruments and policy initiatives concerning the right to work of persons with disabilities
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Early ILO measures
- 1.3 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 1.4 Council of Europe: European Convention on Human Rights
- 1.5 ILO Social Security Standards
- 1.6 First ILO Recommendation devoted to vocational rehabilitation
- 1.7 Further ILO measures 1958–68
- 1.8 International Covenants
- 1.9 UN Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
- 1.10 ILO measures on the development of human resources
- 1.11 ILO call for comprehensive campaign
- 1.12 UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
- 1.13 International Year of Disabled Persons
- 1.14 UN World Programme of Action (WPA) and Decade of Disabled Persons
- 1.15 ILO Convention No. 159 and Recommendation No. 168
- 1.16 EU Recommendation concerning employment for persons with disabilities
- 1.17 UN Convention recommended
- 1.18 Council of Europe: A Coherent Policy for the Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities
- 1.19 Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons
- 1.20 UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
- 1.21 Vienna Declaration
- 1.22 Monitoring the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in relation to persons with disabilities
- 1.23 Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action
- 1.24 EU Treaty amendment prohibiting discrimination
- 1.25 Council of Europe: European Social Charter
- 1.26 Inter-American Convention
- 1.27 African Decade of Disabled Persons
- 1.28 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- 1.29 EU Directive on Discrimination
- 1.30 European Union Disability Action Plan and Strategy
- 1.31 Council of Europe – Malaga Declaration
- 1.32 Council of Europe Action Plan
- 1.33 Arab Decade for Persons with Disabilities
- 1.34 Decade of the Americas
- 1.35 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
- 3. Measures to facilitate work and employment
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Employment services
- 3.3 Training for employment
- 3.4 Financial support
- 3.5 Technical and personal supports
- 3.6 Quota systems
- 3.7 Anti-discrimination legislation
- 3.8 Persuasion measures
- 3.9 Disability management
- 3.10 Consultation mechanisms
- 3.11 Statistics on the employment of persons with disabilities
- 3.12 Monitoring
- 3.13 Evaluation
- 4. Towards inclusive labour markets - an agenda for action
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Promoting inclusion through laws on equality and non-discrimination
- 4.3 Development of national disability strategies
- 4.4 Data on the employment of persons with disabilities
- 4.5 Support to job-seekers and workers with disabilities
- 4.6 Encouraging employers to recruit and retain persons with disabilities
- 4.7 Promoting entrepreneurship and enterprise development cooperation
- 4.8 Fostering inclusive labour markets through international development cooperation
- 4.9 Making more effective use of UN human rights instruments
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Decent work for persons with disabilities: promoting rights in the global development agenda / International Labour Office, Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch, Conditions of Work and Equality Department. - Geneva: ILO, 2015
ISBN: 978-92-2-129357-6 (print)
ISBN: 978-92-2-129358-3 (web pdf)
Also available in French: Travail décent pour les personnes handicapées: promouvoir les droits dans le cadre de l’agenda mondial de développement, ISBN 978-92-2-229357-5 (print), 978-92-2- 229358-2 (web pdf), Genève, 2015; in Spanish: Trabajo decente para personas con discapacidad: promoviendo derechos en la agenda global de desarrollo, ISBN 978-92-2-329357-4 (print), 978- 92-2-329358-1 (web pdf), Ginebra, 2015
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Work is central to people’s well-being. In addition to providing income, work can pave the way for broader social and economic advancement, strengthening individuals, their families and communities. Such progress, however, hinges on work that is decent. Decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives.
ILO Decent Work Agenda
All human beings, irrespective of race, creed or sex, have the right to pursue both their material well-being and their spiritual development in conditions of freedom and dignity, of economic security and equal opportunity. The attainment of the conditions in which this shall be possible must constitute the central aim of all national and international policy.
Declaration of Philadelphia, International Labour Conference, 1944
The International Labour Conference declares that…all Members, even if they have not ratified the Conventions in question, have an obligation arising from the very fact of membership in the Organization, to respect, to promote and to realize, in good faith and in accordance with the Constitution, the principles concerning the fundamental rights which are the subject of those Conventions, namely… the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998
Each Member shall, in accordance with national conditions, practice and possibilities, formulate, implement and periodically review a national policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons. The said policy shall aim at ensuring that appropriate vocational rehabilitation measures are made available to all categories of disabled persons, and at promoting employment opportunities for disabled persons in the open labour market [and].. shall be based on the principle of equal opportunity between disabled workers and workers generally. Equality of opportunity and treatment for disabled men and women workers shall be respected.
ILO, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159)
The promotion of full, productive and freely-chosen employment... should be regarded as the means of achieving in practice the realization of the right to work.
ILO, Recommendation No.169 concerning Employment Policy, 1984
States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to work, on an equal basis with others; this includes the right to the opportunity to gain a living by work freely chosen or accepted in a labour market and work environment that is open, inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities.
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006
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Decent work for persons with disabilities: promoting rights in the global development agenda
People with disabilities face enormous obstacles to equal opportunities in the world of work. Their right to decent work is frequently denied and they experience higher rates of unemployment and economic inactivity than non-disabled persons.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted in 2006 and ratified by the vast majority of countries worldwide, marked a major international policy shift to a human rights-based approach to disability, including in the world of work. It follows on from and complements the landmark ILO Convention No. 159 on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment adopted in 1983.
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the principal international legal instruments, policies and initiatives that aim to promote the rights of persons with disabilities, particularly in terms of work and employment.
It presents the main approaches which have been taken in countries across the globe to ensure that persons with disabilities can access employment and work and advance professionally on an equal basis with others. These approaches include legislation, vocational training, employment services as well as financial, technical and personal support mechanisms.
The book also proposes an agenda for future action for promoting the rights of persons with disabilities within the 2030 Development Agenda.
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