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Pushback Against Supervisory Systems: Lessons for the ILO from UN Human Rights Institutions This lecture offers a wider perspective on the ongoing challenges to the ILO supervisory system. It analyzes the different ways that states and non-state actors have pushed back against treaty monitoring bodies created by UN human rights conventions and compares this pushback to ongoing challenges to ILO expert committees relating to the right to strike. About Laurence R. Helfer Laurence R. Helfer is the Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law and co-director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at Duke University. He is also a Permanent Visiting Professor at iCourts: Center of Excellence for International Courts at the University of Copenhagen. Helfer has authored more than 100 scholarly publications, including four coauthored books, two edited volumes, and numerous articles in peer review law and political science journals. He has lectured widely on his diverse research interests, which include international law and institutions, human rights, international labor standards, and international adjudication and dispute settlement. Helfer was nominated by the United States and elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Committee for 2023 to 2026. About the Wilfred Jenks Lecture Series The Wilfred Jenks Lecture Series is an initiative of the Office of the Legal Adviser of the International Labour Organization (ILO) aimed at sparking academic reflection, disseminating knowledge and raising awareness about the ILO’s mandate and its legal and normative work. It also seeks to strengthen the ILO’s long-standing ties with legal scholars and practitioners. This initiative has its origins in the ILO100 Law for Social Justice academic conference, which took place in 2019 during the celebrations of the ILO’s centenary and which resulted in the ILO100 Law for Social Justice publication. The story of CW Jenks’ over 40 years of service exemplifies the foresight and leadership needed.