Violations of the obligation to protect follow from the failure of States parties to take all necessary measures to safeguard persons within their jurisdiction from infringements of the right to work by third parties. They include omissions such as the failure to regulate the activities of individuals, groups or corporations so as to prevent them from violating the right to work of others; or the failure to protect workers against unlawful dismissal.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Year
2005
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CESCR General Comment No. 18, The right to work (Art. 6) (2005), para. 35.