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Peculiarities of Labour Rights Protection in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
Peculiarities of Labour Rights Protection in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights

Author(s): O. M. Yaroshenko, Hanna V. Anisimova, Roman Ye. PROKOPIEV, Ivan P. Zhygalkin, Oleksandr A. YAKOVLYEV
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
Keywords: Forced Labour; Compulsory Labour; Discrimination; Interference with Privacy; Labour Rights; ECtHR

Summary/Abstract: The practice of defence of labour disputes is quite dynamic. That is why the analysis of labour rights protection in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is quite relevant. The purpose of the study is to analyse the current case law of the European Court of Human Rights on the protection of labour rights; to analyse the ECtHR's interpretation of the concept of forced labour and the right to form trade unions; to summarise the problematic issues of the ECtHR's case law in the field of labour rights protection and ways to resolve them. The methodological basis of the study is general and special methods and techniques of cognition. The article substantiates that one cannot complain directly to the ECtHR about deprivation of the opportunity to work, denial of access to the workplace, or refusal to hire. The European Convention explicitly states only 2 rights: the right to form and join trade unions and the prohibition of forced and compulsory labour. The author explains the concepts of forced labour and the right to form trade unions and outlines the problematic issues of the European Court of Human Rights case law in the field of labour rights protection and ways to resolve them.

  • Issue Year: 7/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 185-198
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English
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