Application of international labour standards 2006 (I). Report of the Committee of Experts on the application of Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution). Report 95 III (Part 1A).

The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations is an independent body composed of legal experts charged with examining the application of ILO Conventions and Recommendations in ILO member States. The annual report of the Committee of Experts covers numerous matters related to the application of ILO standards. The structure of the report, as modified in 2003, is divided into the following parts:

(a) Reader's note describes the Committee's mandate, functioning and the institutional context in which it operates (Book 1A, pages 1-2).
(b) Part I: General Report describes the extent to which member States have fulfilled their constitutional obligations in relation to international labour standards, and emphasizes important issues concerning the relationships between the international labour standards and the multilateral system (Book 1A, pages 3-24).
(c) Part II: Observations concerning particular countries on the application of ratified Conventions presented by subject matter (see section I), and on the obligation to submit instruments to the competent authorities (see section II ) (Book 1A, pages 25-493).
(d) Part III: General Survey, in which the Committee of Experts examines the application of ILO standards, ratified or not ratified, in a particular subject area. The General Survey is published as a separate volume (Report III (Part 1B)) and this year examines the Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1), and the Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930 (No. 30) (Book 1B).

Furthermore, the List of ratifications which has usually accompanied the Report of the Committee of Experts is now published as the Information document on ratifications and standards-related activities, which provides an overview of recent developments in international labour standards, the implementation of special procedures, technical cooperation in relation to international labour standards, and tables relating to ratifications and respect for obligations by member States (Book 2).