regional nature. Among the international acts that have universal value and act on a
global scale there should be pointed out the United Nations Organisation acts,
including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights 1966, the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights 1966 and so on. Among the local acts adopted by regional
international organizations, including the Council of Europe, European Union,
Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as in the countries of America, Asia,
Africa etc., the most famous are the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights
and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, the European Social Charter 1961 (in 1996 edition),
with its additional protocols 1988, the American Convention on Human Rights 1961,
the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights 1981, the Europian Community
Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers 1989, Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union 2000 and so on.
Approaches to international labour regulation. Taking into account the
definition of Ukrainian labour law as a system of legal norms regulating a set of social
relations regarding the use of hired labour [3, p. 8] and a system of international legal
regulation of labour relations, we propose to outline the following areas of work
regarding bringing labour legislation in compliance with international legal standards:
firstly, introduction of fundamental labour principles and rights into national
legislation;
secondly, work on improving certain legal institutes of national labour legislation
in order to ensure their content compliance with the requirements of international
agreements in the field of labour relations;
thirdly, consolidation in national labour law of labour regulation features
concerning certain categories of workers in accordance with international labour
standards.
To build a perfect concept for national labour legislation improvement influenced
by international labour standards along the outlined above areas of work it is necessary
to determine their content, which is of particular importance for each of these areas.
The need for developing new labour legislation in accordance with the principles
concerning basic rights set out in fundamental ILO conventions is determined by the
fact that, as of today, they are not fully embodied in the national legal system, and
existing Ukrainian labour legislation is somewhat controversial and such that does not
fully coresponde to reality prevailing in our country. Therefore, a clear definition of
principles concerning fundamental rights, which should be aimed at regulating labour
relations in the country and reflect the orientation of Ukrainian legal system in general,
is considered to be one of the priorities in the course of improving national labour
legislation.
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