Employment policies maintaining unemployment or underemployment
Employment policies intended to create of maintain high levels of unemployment or underemployment for certain groups

Type of entry: Potential Violation

Broader Terms:

See ESC right:

Work, right to

Relevant ICESCR Articles:

06(2): The steps to be taken by a State Party to the present Covenant to achieve the full realization of this right shall include technical and vocational guidance and training programmes, policies and techniques to achieve steady economic, social and cultural development and full and productive employment under conditions safeguarding fundamental political and economic freedoms to the individual.

Related Documents:

Employment Policy Convention

European Social Charter


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