Common use of International Labour Standards and Agreements Clause in Contracts

International Labour Standards and Agreements. 1. The Parties recognise full and productive employment and decent work for all as key elements for managing globalization, and reaffirm their commitment to promote the development of international trade in a way that is conducive to full and productive employment and decent work for all. In that context, the Parties commit to consult and co-operate with each other, as appropriate, on trade-related labour issues of mutual interest. 2. In accordance with their obligations as members of the ILO and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up of 1998, the Parties commit to respect, promote and realise in their laws and practices and in their whole territory the internationally recognised core labour standards, as embodied in the fundamental ILO conventions and the protocols to those conventions, and in particular: (a) the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; (b) the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; (c) the effective abolition of child labour; and (d) the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. 3. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to effectively implement in their laws and practices the fundamental, priority and other ILO conventions, as well as the protocols to those conventions, that have been ratified by the Member States and the Republic of Armenia respectively. 4. The Parties shall also consider the ratification of the remaining priority and other conventions that are classified as up-to- date by the ILO. In that context, the Parties shall regularly exchange information on their respective situations and progress in the ratification process. 5. The Parties recognise that the violation of fundamental principles and rights at work cannot be invoked or otherwise used as a legitimate comparative advantage and that labour standards are not to be used for protectionist trade purposes.

International Labour Standards and Agreements. 1. The Parties, in accordance with their obligations as members of the ILO, reaffirm their commitments to respect, promote and realise, the principles concerning the fundamental rights, contained in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 86th Session in 1998, namely: (a) freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; (b) elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; (c) effective abolition of child labour; and (d) elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. 2. The Parties recognise reaffirm their commitment, under the Ministerial Declaration of the UN Economic and Social Council on Full Employment and Decent Work of 2006, to recognising full and productive employment and decent work for all as a key elements element of sustainable development for managing globalization, all countries and reaffirm their commitment as a priority objective of international cooperation and to promote promoting the development of international trade in a way that is conducive to full and productive employment and decent work for all. In that context, the Parties commit to consult and co-operate with each other, as appropriate, on trade-related labour issues of mutual interest. 23. In accordance with their The Parties recall the obligations as members of the ILO and to effectively implement, in accordance with the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up of 1998, the Parties commit ILO Fundamental Conventions which they have ratified and to respect, promote make continued and realise in their laws and practices and in their whole territory the internationally recognised core labour standards, as embodied in sustained efforts towards ratifying the fundamental ILO conventions and the protocols to those conventions, and in particular: (a) the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; (b) the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; (c) the effective abolition of child labour; and (d) the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. 3Conventions. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to effectively implement in their laws will exchange information on the respective situation and practices advancements as regards the fundamental, priority and other ILO conventions, as well as the protocols to those conventions, that have been ratified by the Member States and the Republic of Armenia respectivelyConventions. 4. The Parties shall also consider the ratification of the remaining priority and other conventions that are classified as up-to- date by the ILO. In that context, the Parties shall regularly exchange information on their respective situations and progress in the ratification process. 5. The Parties recognise that the violation of fundamental principles and rights at work canshall not be invoked or otherwise used as a legitimate comparative advantage and that labour advantage. Labour standards are shall not to be used for protectionist trade purposes.

International Labour Standards and Agreements. 1. The Parties recognise full and productive employment and decent work for all as key elements for managing globalization, and reaffirm their commitment to promote the development of international trade in a way that is conducive to full and productive employment and decent work for all. In that context, the Parties commit to consult and co-operate with each other, as appropriate, on trade-related labour issues of mutual interest. 2. In accordance with their obligations as members of the ILO and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up of 1998, the Parties commit to respect, promote and realise in their laws and practices and in their whole territory the internationally recognised core labour standards, as embodied in the fundamental ILO conventions and the protocols to those conventions, and in particular: (a) the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; (b) the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; (c) the effective abolition of child labour; and (d) the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. 3. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to effectively implement in their laws and practices the fundamental, priority and other ILO conventions, as well as the protocols to those conventions, that have been ratified by the Member States and the Republic of Armenia respectively. 4. The Parties shall also consider the ratification of the remaining priority and other conventions that are classified as up-to- to-date by the ILO. In that context, the Parties shall regularly exchange information on their respective situations and progress in the ratification process. 5. The Parties recognise that the violation of fundamental principles and rights at work cannot be invoked or otherwise used as a legitimate comparative advantage and that labour standards are not to be used for protectionist trade purposes.