The purpose of Module 10 is to provide an overview of the right to work as well as rights at work or labor rights.

This module should help trainees understand/clarify for themselves:

• the international standards guaranteeing the right to work, and how to analyze a state�s obligations related to this right; and

• the essential elements of rights at work (or labor rights) and their implications for protec�tion of ESC rights.

Suggested Methods

�      Lecture presentation: A facilitator could make a lecture presentation summarizing the main points contained in the module.� However, the presentation should be done in two parts-the first part covering right to work and the second, covering rights at work.� It is important to include the gender dimension in both.�

�      Group work on developing model policies for ensuring the enjoyment of the right to work: A facilitator could ask the participants in small groups to prepare model schemes for ensuring the enjoyment of the right to work.� For example, they could prepare an em�ployment guarantee scheme for unemployed rural youth.� The participants should justify how the proposed schemes contribute to the right to work and are not mere welfare schemes.�

�      Presentation by union leaders: Trade union leaders could be invited to make a presenta�tion on the available national standards and international standards on rights at work.