Second report: International labour standards and human rights

The Governing Body invited the Office:

(a) to make every effort to facilitate the continuation of the consultations on standards policy, including on how best the working of existing ILO Conventions can be kept under review, and to start consultations on the issue of the interpretation of international labour Conventions;

(b) to make the necessary arrangements for the organization in 2010 of a meeting of a tripartite working group of experts to examine Convention No. 158 and Recommendation No. 166;

(c) following tripartite consultations, to submit in March 2010 a plan of action for the promotion of the OSH instruments (Convention No. 155, its 2002 Protocol and/or Convention No. 187);

(d) following tripartite consultations, to submit a plan of action for the ratification and effective implementation of all the fundamental Conventions;

(e) to take the necessary action to implement option 2 for the article 22 reporting cycle, as outlined in paragraph 34 of document GB.306/LILS/4, and to request the CEACR to examine the criteria on the basis of which it will examine comments received from the social partners outside of that cycle; and

(f) to seek advice from the tripartite constituents on the need to revise the report forms concerning Convention No. 29 and Convention No. 105 and to report back to the Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards.

(Document GB.306/10/2, paragraph 44.)

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report.

(Document GB.306/10/2, paragraphs 45 to 52.)

The Governing Body:

(a) took note of the information contained in document GB.306/LILS/6(&Corr.);

(b) approved the proposed plan of action contained in the appendix to document GB.306/LILS/6(&Corr.), making any adjustments that are deemed necessary; and

(c) decided to keep this subject on the agenda of the Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards with a view to following the progress made.

(Document GB.306/10/2, paragraph 66.)

Form for reports on the application of ratified Conventions (article 22 of the Constitution)

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report.

(Document GB.306/10/2, paragraphs 67 to 73.)

Preparation for entry into force

The Governing Body:

(a) invited the Office to make the necessary arrangements for a “preparatory tripartite MLC, 2006, committee”, modelled on the future Article XIII special tripartite committee, which would:

(i) keep under review the preparations by Members for implementing the MLC, 2006, identify any common issues and prepare the work for the future special tripartite committee on any questions that might need to be dealt with as a matter of urgency after entry into force of the Convention, including the rules of procedure of the committee;

(ii) meet at least once during 2010 and once during the 12-month period following deposit of the 30th ratification; and

(iii) be open to governments of any interested member States and include up to ten representatives nominated respectively by the International Shipping Federation and the International Transport Workers’ Federation;

(b) decided to instruct the Office to provide funding for the participation at meetings of the committee of ten representatives nominated by the Shipowners’ and Seafarers’ groups of the Joint Maritime Commission, respectively; there would be no limitation on the number of interested seafarers or shipowners that chose to participate at their own expense.

(Document GB.306/10/2, paragraph 83.)

The Governing Body:

(a) took note of the relevant parts of the report of the Tenth Session of the Joint
ILO–UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel relating to allegations on the non-observance of certain provisions of the ILO–UNESCO Recommendation, 1966, in Ethiopia and Japan, and the UNESCO Recommendation, 1997, in Australia and Denmark;

(b) authorized the Director-General to communicate the report to the Governments of Australia, Denmark, Ethiopia and Japan and to the National Tertiary Education Union of Australia, the National Teachers’ Association (formerly Ethiopian Teachers’ Association), Education International, the All Japan Teachers and Staff Union (ZENKYO), Nakama Union and other representative teachers’ organizations in Japan, and to invite them to take the necessary follow-up action as recommended in the report.

(Document GB.306/10/2, paragraph 89.)