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Concept
Right to work
Summary
The right to work is the concept that people have a human right to work, or to engage in productive employment, and should not be prevented from doing so. The right to work, enshrined in the United Nations 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is recognized in international human-rights law through its inclusion in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, where the right to work emphasizes economic, social and cultural development. The right to work was also enshrined as a fundamental right of the citizen in constitutions of the Soviet Union.
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative measures the right to work in countries around the world, based on their level of income.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states in Article 23.1:
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights states in Part III, Article 6:
(1) The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right to work, which includes the right of everyone to the opportunity to gain his living by work which he freely chooses or accepts, and will take appropriate steps to safeguard this right.
(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.
The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights also recognises the right, emphasising conditions and pay, i.e. labor rights. Article 15, states:
Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.
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