Bottom of title: workers' rights are human rights Back of title page: Main researcher Kathy Keary, research assistant Aseel Al-Atrash ; translation to Arabic Reem Sharaydeh ; supervised by Moaz Zatari

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Introduction -- background and context -- East Jerusalem as occupied territory -- The economic situation in East Jerusalem -- The employment situation in East Jerusalem -- Legal framework governing labor law in East Jerusalem -- International humanitarian law --International human rights law -- International labour law -- Israeli domestic law -- Violations of worker's rights in East Jerusalem Access to workforce --Education -- Restrictions on movement -- Social and cultural barriers -- Violation of rights within the workforce -- Unemployment benefit, income support and income supplement -- Denial of benefits within the workforce -- Protecting of wages -- Working hours and sanctioned leave from the workplace -- Dismissal from the workplace -- Harassment -- Temporary workers agencies -- Jerusalemites who have to access the labour market in the absence of a permit -- Women in the workplace in East Jerusalem -- Relevant legislations for worker's rights -- International human rights law -- Universal declaration of human rights -- International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights -- International covenant on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination against women -- International covenant on civil and political rights -- International humanitarian law -- Geneva IV -- Hague regulations -- International Labour Organisation -- Employment policy convention no. 122, 1964 -- Discrimination (employment and occupation) convention no. 111, 1998 -- Equal remuneration convention no. 100, 1951--