The Right To Work

The right to work guarantees the opportunity to have fulfilling and dignified work under safe and healthy conditions, with fair wages affording a decent living for oneself and ones family. It also provides for freedom from unemployment and the right to organize

The right to work is protected in:

Articles 23 & 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Articles 6,7,8,&10 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Articles 8 & 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Article 5 of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Article 11 of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Article 14 of American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man

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