Labouring behind bars / Ben Jarman, Catherine Heard : assessing international law on working prisoners : appendix
Idioma: Inglês.País: Reino Unido.Publicação: London : Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research, 2023Descrição física: 22 p. : il.; 30 cmAssunto: TRABALHO PRISIONAL | RECLUSO | 5426CDU: 343.8 Localização e Cota : 343.8JAR Resumo: International human rights law creates clear and unambiguous labour rights, applicable to all work done in free economy. These fundamental rights include the right to pay, the right not to be forced to work, and the principle of voluntarism (i.e. that work should be chosen, and that it should be possible for workers to decline work without suffering a penalty). Generally, however, when prisoners work they do not have the same rights and freedoms as other workers. There are, nonetheless, both binding laws and frameworks of ‘soft’, non-binding, law which apply to prison. This Appendix supplements our briefing on the international normative frameworks surrounding prison work with a more detailed, fully referenced survey of these laws.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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International human rights law creates clear and unambiguous labour rights, applicable to all work done in free economy. These fundamental rights include the right to pay, the right not to be forced to work, and the principle of voluntarism (i.e. that work should be chosen, and that it should be possible for workers to decline work without suffering a penalty). Generally, however, when prisoners work they do not have the same rights and freedoms as other workers.
There are, nonetheless, both binding laws and frameworks of ‘soft’, non-binding, law which apply to prison. This Appendix supplements our briefing on the international normative frameworks surrounding prison work with a more detailed, fully referenced survey of these laws.
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