POTENTIALS AND CHALLENGES RELATED TO ILO RECOMMENDATION NO. 205 ON EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR PEACE AND RESILIENCE
Keywords:
labour, labour relations, crisis, fragility, resilience
Abstract
International Labour Organization Recommendation No. 205 on Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience, adopted in 2017, has gone almost unnoticed by our professional public. It is a document that should serve to address the root causes and consequences of instability and to build resilient communities and states in the context of work and working conditions, in the event of crises, wars and similar adverse events. This paper presents this document in more detail. It also elaborates in more detail the concepts on which the Recommendation is based - "fragility" and "resilience".
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Römer, Friederike, Henninger, Jakob and Dung Le, Thuy, International Organizations and Global Labor Standards, in: International Organizations in Global Social Governance, ed. by Martens, Kerstin, Niemann, Dennis, Kaasch, Alexandra, International, Global Dynamics of Social Policy, Switzerland, 2021, 57 (57-82).
Published
2026/02/11
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Original Scientific Paper