Virginia Mantouvalou
Biographic Data
| ID | 5578905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Mantouvalou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Mantouvalou |
| SIGNATURE | MANTOUVALOU V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7474-0744 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Welfare‐to‐Work, Structural Injustice and Human Rights
This article discusses welfare‐to‐work schemes, places schemes with strict conditionality in the theoretical framework of structural injustice, and argues that they may violate human rights law. Welfare‐to‐work schemes impose obligations on individuals to seek and accept work on the basis that otherwise they will be sanctioned by losing access to social support. The schemes are often presented as the best route out of poverty. However, the system…
Philosophical Foundations of Labour Law
The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 Three Years On
This article provides a critical assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) three years after its enactment. It puts forward the following claims: first, that while criminalisation of individuals who engage in severe labour exploitation is welcome, the legislation has failed to increase prosecutions and to provide adequate remedies to victims; second, that heavy reliance on criminal law for the regulation of severe labour exploitation is …
Am I Free Now?’ Overseas Domestic Workers in Slavery
This article examines United Kingdom overseas domestic worker and diplomatic domestic worker visas in place since 2012. These visas tie workers to an employer by making it unlawful for them to change employer, even when seriously exploited or abused. The article presents the findings of a qualitative study of overseas domestic workers, exploring how this vulnerable and difficult (for researchers) to reach group experience these visas in practice.…
Labour Rights in the European Convention on Human Rights
Labour rights have been neglected in human rights law. Classified usually as social rights, they have been excluded from key human rights conventions. Recently, the European Court of Human Rights has developed a technique, known as an 'integrated approach to interpretation', because it integrates social and labour rights in the European Convention on Human Rights. The first part of this article presents case law and debates on the adoption of thi…
Workers without rights as citizens at the margins
This article presents a normative account of citizenship which requires respect for labour rights, as much as it requires respect for other human rights. The exclusion of certain categories of workers, such as domestic workers, from these rights is wrong. This article presents domestic workers as marginal citizens who are unfairly deprived of certain labour rights in national legal orders. It also shows that international human rights law counter…
R edfearn v UK
In R edfearn v UK the E uropean C ourt of H uman R ights examined the question whether dismissal for membership of a political party is compatible with freedom of association under Article 11 of the E uropean C onvention on H uman R ights. The C ourt endorsed a strong commitment to multi‐party democracy and protection of employees against the domination of the employers. This note discusses the judgment and its implications for UK law, looking at…
N v UK
This article discusses the deportation of a seriously ill foreign national to her country of origin, where she would face a high risk of extreme deterioration of her health due to the inadequate medical treatment. It criticises the reasoning of the judgment N v UK of the European Court of Human Rights, and explores the circumstances under which removal of a severely ill non‐national constitutes a breach of the prohibition against inhuman and degr…
Human Rights and Unfair Dismissal
This article addresses the termination of employment because of the conduct of the employee in her leisure time, in the light of the right to private life. It explores the impact on the retention of employment of activities taking place outside the workplace and outside working hours, and argues that the approach of UK courts and tribunals, which is based on a primarily spatial conceptualisation of privacy, is flawed. A fresh approach to privacy,…
Extending Judicial Control in International Law
This article examines the extraterritorial reach of international human rights treaties, as a way to hold accountable states that perform human rights violations outside of their national boundaries. In order to illustrate this, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are discussed. The final aim of the article is to show that th…
Am I Free Now?’ Overseas Domestic Workers in Slavery
This article examines United Kingdom overseas domestic worker and diplomatic domestic worker visas in place since 2012. These visas tie workers to an employer by making it unlawful for them to change employer, even when seriously exploited or abused. The article presents the findings of a qualitative study of overseas domestic workers, exploring how this vulnerable and difficult (for researchers) to reach group experience these visas in practice.…
The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 Three Years On
This article provides a critical assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) three years after its enactment. It puts forward the following claims: first, that while criminalisation of individuals who engage in severe labour exploitation is welcome, the legislation has failed to increase prosecutions and to provide adequate remedies to victims; second, that heavy reliance on criminal law for the regulation of severe labour exploitation is …
Human Rights and Unfair Dismissal
This article addresses the termination of employment because of the conduct of the employee in her leisure time, in the light of the right to private life. It explores the impact on the retention of employment of activities taking place outside the workplace and outside working hours, and argues that the approach of UK courts and tribunals, which is based on a primarily spatial conceptualisation of privacy, is flawed. A fresh approach to privacy,…
Extending Judicial Control in International Law
This article examines the extraterritorial reach of international human rights treaties, as a way to hold accountable states that perform human rights violations outside of their national boundaries. In order to illustrate this, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are discussed. The final aim of the article is to show that th…
Welfare‐to‐Work, Structural Injustice and Human Rights
This article discusses welfare‐to‐work schemes, places schemes with strict conditionality in the theoretical framework of structural injustice, and argues that they may violate human rights law. Welfare‐to‐work schemes impose obligations on individuals to seek and accept work on the basis that otherwise they will be sanctioned by losing access to social support. The schemes are often presented as the best route out of poverty. However, the system…
R edfearn v UK
In R edfearn v UK the E uropean C ourt of H uman R ights examined the question whether dismissal for membership of a political party is compatible with freedom of association under Article 11 of the E uropean C onvention on H uman R ights. The C ourt endorsed a strong commitment to multi‐party democracy and protection of employees against the domination of the employers. This note discusses the judgment and its implications for UK law, looking at…
N v UK
This article discusses the deportation of a seriously ill foreign national to her country of origin, where she would face a high risk of extreme deterioration of her health due to the inadequate medical treatment. It criticises the reasoning of the judgment N v UK of the European Court of Human Rights, and explores the circumstances under which removal of a severely ill non‐national constitutes a breach of the prohibition against inhuman and degr…
Extending Judicial Control in International Law
This article examines the extraterritorial reach of international human rights treaties, as a way to hold accountable states that perform human rights violations outside of their national boundaries. In order to illustrate this, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are discussed. The final aim of the article is to show that th…
Human Rights and Unfair Dismissal
This article addresses the termination of employment because of the conduct of the employee in her leisure time, in the light of the right to private life. It explores the impact on the retention of employment of activities taking place outside the workplace and outside working hours, and argues that the approach of UK courts and tribunals, which is based on a primarily spatial conceptualisation of privacy, is flawed. A fresh approach to privacy,…
N v UK
This article discusses the deportation of a seriously ill foreign national to her country of origin, where she would face a high risk of extreme deterioration of her health due to the inadequate medical treatment. It criticises the reasoning of the judgment N v UK of the European Court of Human Rights, and explores the circumstances under which removal of a severely ill non‐national constitutes a breach of the prohibition against inhuman and degr…
Labour Rights in the European Convention on Human Rights
Labour rights have been neglected in human rights law. Classified usually as social rights, they have been excluded from key human rights conventions. Recently, the European Court of Human Rights has developed a technique, known as an 'integrated approach to interpretation', because it integrates social and labour rights in the European Convention on Human Rights. The first part of this article presents case law and debates on the adoption of thi…
Workers without rights as citizens at the margins
This article presents a normative account of citizenship which requires respect for labour rights, as much as it requires respect for other human rights. The exclusion of certain categories of workers, such as domestic workers, from these rights is wrong. This article presents domestic workers as marginal citizens who are unfairly deprived of certain labour rights in national legal orders. It also shows that international human rights law counter…
R edfearn v UK
In R edfearn v UK the E uropean C ourt of H uman R ights examined the question whether dismissal for membership of a political party is compatible with freedom of association under Article 11 of the E uropean C onvention on H uman R ights. The C ourt endorsed a strong commitment to multi‐party democracy and protection of employees against the domination of the employers. This note discusses the judgment and its implications for UK law, looking at…
Am I Free Now?’ Overseas Domestic Workers in Slavery
This article examines United Kingdom overseas domestic worker and diplomatic domestic worker visas in place since 2012. These visas tie workers to an employer by making it unlawful for them to change employer, even when seriously exploited or abused. The article presents the findings of a qualitative study of overseas domestic workers, exploring how this vulnerable and difficult (for researchers) to reach group experience these visas in practice.…
Philosophical Foundations of Labour Law
The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 Three Years On
This article provides a critical assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) three years after its enactment. It puts forward the following claims: first, that while criminalisation of individuals who engage in severe labour exploitation is welcome, the legislation has failed to increase prosecutions and to provide adequate remedies to victims; second, that heavy reliance on criminal law for the regulation of severe labour exploitation is …
Welfare‐to‐Work, Structural Injustice and Human Rights
This article discusses welfare‐to‐work schemes, places schemes with strict conditionality in the theoretical framework of structural injustice, and argues that they may violate human rights law. Welfare‐to‐work schemes impose obligations on individuals to seek and accept work on the basis that otherwise they will be sanctioned by losing access to social support. The schemes are often presented as the best route out of poverty. However, the system…
Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Human rights (7 works) · Law and economics (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Convention (3 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Fundamental rights (3 works)