A Right’s Story: The Historical Roots of the Right to Work as a Human Rights

Taheri, Azadeh Al- Sadat

doi:10.22096/hr.2017.30778

A Right’s Story: The Historical Roots of the Right to Work as a Human Rights

Document Type : Research Article

Author

Azadeh Al- Sadat Taheri

Assistant Professor of Public Law, Semnan University

10.22096/hr.2017.30778

Abstract

The right to work has been recognized in many international instruments. According to this right, everybody deserves to enjoy decent and appropriate job opportunities.On the other hand this right includes states’ obligations to provide enough opportunities. This article seeks to explain historical roots of the right to work. The study shows that industrial revolution, workers’ movements, recession in some periods of time and deep changes after the Second World War were the most important factors in emerging the right, which later was accepted as a welfare right in the context of human rights.

Keywords

human rights

Welfare Rights

Right to Work

Labour Law

Subjects

Citizenship Rights

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