CLAW AGM and Tonia Novitz Book Launch

Examining the relationship between trade and labour regulation in light of the pressing need to promote sustainable development, this book interrogates how international legal architecture could be reformed so that no one in the world of work gets left behind. Tonia Novitz highlights the dangers of pursuing labour and environmental issues on parallel tracks without recognising how they interact, ultimately arguing for the crafting of the content and application of trade rules through participatory processes, which involve the inclusive representation of all sectors of the labour market and all parts of the world.

This timely book explores the potential promise of economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability, alongside the concrete limitations evident at the International Labour Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization. The author interrogates the capacity for regional trade arrangements to operate in innovative ways, considering the European Union (EU) as a case study. Novitz further considers how corporate governance could be regulated to promote sustainable development in trade supply chains.

This event celebrates the publication of this book, and should be of interest to scholars, students and policy-makers in the fields of labour, trade, company and EU law, as well as politics and international relations. The discussion will also address contemporary challenges arising since its publication.

The speakers will be:

Professor Ruth Dukes, University of Glasgow

Professor Keith Ewing, King's College London

Professor Nicolas Bueno, UniDistance Suisse (online)with a brief response from Professor Novitz