Publications

In 1969, David A. Morse received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Labour Organization (ILO). In his Nobel Lecture, the then Director-General (DG) explained how the organization contributes to ‘an infrastructure of peace’ by providing Member States with ‘a meeting ground’ for cooperation and dialogue. This meeting ground is characterized by tripartism and universalism, two qualities that make the ILO stand out. Tripartism, in ...

My research will focus on the human rights protection of self-employed workers, and specially on workers engaged in the so-called platform economy. This is because they often find themselves in the grey zone between employment and self-employment, an issue that it is certainly not novel. The widespread use of freelance jobs entails the risk of leaving such workers outside the scope of protection of fundamental human rights. Indeed, for instance, ...