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The right to work is a fundamental human right recognized in the UDHR (Article 23), in the ICESCR (Article 6), and in several regional human rights instruments, including the ACHPR (Article 15), the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Article 6), and the European Social Charter (Part II, Article 1).
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OHCHR (2012), p. 4.
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CESCR, General Comment No. 18: The Right to Work (Article 6 of the ICESCR), E/C.12/GC/18, 6 Feb 2006, para. 6.
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See Article 9 [Accessibility] in this Commentary.
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See, for example, ILO Convention No. 87 (1948) Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention; ILO Convention No. 98 (1949) Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention.
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Cf. para. 2 above.
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See Article 5 [Equality and Non-Discrimination] in this Commentary.
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See Article 4 [General Obligations] in this Commentary.
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See Article 1 [Purpose] in this Commentary.
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See as examples of case law on the definition of disability: ECtHR, I.B. v Greece, Application No. 552/10, judgment of 3 October 2013; CJEU, joined cases C-335/11 and C-337/11, HK Danmark, acting on behalf of Jette Ring v Dansk almennyttigt Boligselskab and HK Danmark, acting on behalf of Lone Skouboe Werge v Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening, judgment of 11 April 2013.
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Waddington (2012).
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An example of a judgment where discrimination by association is recognized: ECJ, case C-303/06, S. Coleman v Attridge Law and Steve Law, judgment of 17 July 2008.
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See Article 26 [Habilitation and Rehabilitation] in this Commentary.
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See also Article 2, para. 2, of the CERD and Article 4, para. 1, of the CEDAW on specific measures.
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CRPD Committee, Concluding observations on the initial report of China, CRPD/C/CHN/CO/1, 15 Oct 2012, paras. 78 and 97; Concluding observations on the initial report of El Salvador, CRPD/C/SLV/CO/1, 8 Oct 2013, para. 56; Concluding observations on the initial report of Paraguay, CRPD/C/PRY/CO/1, 15 May 2013, para. 64.
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ILO Convention No. 29 (1930), Convention on Forced Labour, Article 2, para. 1.
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ILO (2012).
Table of Cases
CJEU 11.04.2013, Joined Cases C-335/11 and C-337/11, HK Danmark, acting on behalf of Jette Ring v Dansk almennyttigt Boligselskab and HK Danmark, acting on behalf of Lone Skouboe Werge v Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening, nyr
ECJ 17.07.2008, Case 303/06, S. Coleman v Attridge Law and Steve Law, ECR I-5603
ECtHR 03.10.2013, Application No. 552/10, I B v Greece, ECHR 283 (2013)
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Liisberg, M.V. (2017). Article 27 [Work and Employment]. In: Della Fina, V., Cera, R., Palmisano, G. (eds) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43790-3_31
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