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August 2012

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   On course for decent shipping

   20 August 2012

   When the ILO adopted the Maritime Labour Convention in February 2006, Director-General Juan Somavia called it “making labour history”. Following the ratification by Russia and the Philippines, the Convention will come into force in 12 months’ time. What does this mean for the world’s 1.2 million seafarers?

June 2012

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   Video coverage

   "Full employment contributes above all to achieving human dignity", said the Italian President at the International Labour Conference

   13 June 2012

   Italian President Giorgio Napolitano addressed delegates today at the ILO Conference in Geneva, urging that full employment and social protection should be a top priority in achieving global development. The Head of State said growth should be focused on employment, structural reforms, a restart of public investments in infrastructure and human capital, and new research and innovations.

June 2010

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   Delegate Dialogues: Leopoldo Tartaglia, International Department, Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) (in Italian)

   11 June 2010

May 2009

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   Italy: Carabinieri Labour Inspectors

   12 May 2009

   Twenty-one billion dollars: that’s how much the victims of forced labour lost in wages and in fees paid to agencies last year worldwide, according to “The Cost of Coercion”, the ILO’s Global Report on the economic costs of coercive labour practices. And the plague of forced labour is going global, now becoming part of the fabric of even the wealthiest and most progressive societies.