"Excellent help menus contain information about the ILO; an explanation of the various documents; and detailed instructions on searching, displaying, exporting, and printing materials. The structure of the database and its query capabilities enables the researcher to easily find specific documents as well as all related documents using a variety of search strategies. Extensive cross-references link related documents, tying together relevant materials."
American Reference Books Annual, March 2002, USA
“ILOLEX is an efficiently arranged and user-friendly resource. It provides valuable immediate access to vast arrays of comparative and international data on labour-related subjects and topics relevant to the International Labour Organization. It represents nothing less than a revolution in information retrieval for scholars and practitioners from all fields and endeavours concerned with labour and the employment relationship.”
Edward Weisband, Diggs Endowed Chair, Virginia Tech, USA
During its 80-year history, the ILO has developed a very extensive body of instruments in the field of international labour law and fundamental principles and rights at work. Through ILOLEX, texts of relevance in this field, which are contained in numerous different publications, become easily accessible. Valuable guidance on the provisions adopted by the ILO on a particular subject and their application around the world are hereby made easily available to constituents and other interested institutions. ILOLEX is a full-text trilingual database (English/French/Spanish) containing more than 80,000 full-text documents on international labour standards and fundamental principles and rights at work. It is equipped with a sophisticated search and retrieval software and all three language versions are presented on a single CD-ROM.
- ILO Constitution and Standing Orders of the Conference;
- Full texts of ILO Conventions and Recommendations;
- Ratification lists by Convention and by country;
- Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up;
- Reports of the Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) (as of 1985);
- Comments of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) (as of 1987)
- Annual Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards (as of 1987);
- Reports of Committees and Commissions established under articles 24 and 26 of the ILO Constitution to examine representations and complaints (as of 1985);
- Interpretations of Conventions and Recommendations;
- General Surveys (CEACR, article 19 of the ILO Constitution, reports);
- Handbook of Procedures;
- Digest of Decisions (CFA);
- Tripartite Declaration on Multinationals Enterprises and Social Policy.