The elimination of Discrimination in employment and occupation is one of the key principles elaborated under the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, adopted by the International Labour Organization in 1998. The three Global Reports on non-discrimination, under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration, have highlighted the persistence of racial discrimination in the world of work. Moreover, the 2011 International Labour Conference identified the elimination of racial discrimination in the workplace as a priority area for action by the ILO and its constituents over the next four years.
The ILO recognizes that capacity-building for ILO’s constituents is one of the main actions to combat discrimination. This has been echoed in the 2011 Global Report on non-discrimination: Equality at work: the continuing challenge; the conclusions and recommendations of the 2012 General Survey: Giving globalization a human face; as well as the 2012 Recurrent Item on the fundamental principles and rights at work. In response, the Office is focusing on, among other things, the preparation and dissemination of knowledge tools to address discrimination with the main objective of strengthening the capacity of its constituents.
The ILO recognizes that capacity-building for ILO’s constituents is one of the main actions to combat discrimination. This has been echoed in the 2011 Global Report on non-discrimination: Equality at work: the continuing challenge; the conclusions and recommendations of the 2012 General Survey: Giving globalization a human face; as well as the 2012 Recurrent Item on the fundamental principles and rights at work. In response, the Office is focusing on, among other things, the preparation and dissemination of knowledge tools to address discrimination with the main objective of strengthening the capacity of its constituents.
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