The denial of right to freedom of association and collective bargaining: breach of labour rights causing the consequential violation of human rights

Abstract

The freedom of association and collective bargaining are documented human rights as well as labour rights. Evidently, violation of one affects the other as they are interconnected. So if the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining are denied to a worker, it simultaneously violates provisions of human rights. Although these rights are parallel, regrettably a division between them still exists. The primary aim of labour rights is to ensure proper treatment of workers at the workplace. This approach loses value when it is yet to be determined whether it is equivalent to human rights or not. This research takes a twofold approach towards proving that labour rights and human rights are in fact the same and should not be separated. Also it aims to show how violation of right to freedom of association and collective bargaining is also violating both labour and human rights. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Hasan, M.A. and Haque, M.I. (2021) 'The denial of right to freedom of association and collective bargaining: breach of labour rights causing the consequential violation of human rights', Int. Mohammad Inzamul Haque is a researcher and a lawyer, currently working in the development sector. He is involved in several research projects as well. His research interests include human rights, labour law, refugee law and PVE.