'Core Labour Standards' and the Transformation of the International Labour Rights Regime

The past decade has seeen a transformation of the international labour rights regime based primarily on the adoption of the 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the widespread use of the concept of ‘core labour standards’. Notwithstanding the enthusiasm which has greeted these innovations, it is argued that the resulting regime has major potential flaws, including: an excesssive reliance on principles rather...