News

2011

1. 

   Chile ratifies ILO Convention 187 on the promotional framework for Occupational Safety and Health

   27 April 2011

   The Government of Chile has delivered to the International Labour Organization the instrument of ratification of ILO Convention No. 187 concerning the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health.

2. 

   The Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference: A dynamic and impact built on decades of dialogue and persuasion

   21 April 2011

   Puts together the practical consequences of the annual discussions of the International Labour Conference and emphasizes on what tangible transformations have occurred in the various legal and political systems.

3. Tripartite Meeting of Experts to Examine the Termination of Employment Convention and Recommendation

   15 April 2011

   ILO Geneva, 18 - 21 April 2011 - The purpose of the meeting of a tripartite working group of experts was to examine the Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158) and the Termination of Employment Recommendation, 1982 (No. 166); to identify obstacles to ratification and implementation and other relevant current trends in law and practice.

4. 359th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (March 2011)

   23 March 2011

   Governing Body, 310th Session, GB.310/8, March 2011

5. 

   2011 General Survey concerning social security instruments in light of the 2008 Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization

   09 March 2011

   The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations is publishing this year a General Survey on Social Security Instruments, which is the second General Survey linked to the follow-up of the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization adopted in 2008.

6. 

   The Swiss Confederation ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of its adoption

   21 February 2011

   Switzerland is the 12th Member State, the 6th European country, and the first landlocked State with maritime interests, to ratify the MLC, 2006. The Swiss ratification gives a major boost to the ratification campaign launched by the ILO Director-General in December 2010 inviting member States to ratify the MLC, 2006 either on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of its adoption in February 2011or at the equally symbolic 100th session of the International Labour Conference in June 2011.

7. A legal perspective on the role of international labour standards in rebalancing globalization

   20 February 2011

   by Eric Gravel, Tomi Kohiyama and Katerina Tsotroudi (International Labour Standards Department) - Research Conference on ‘Key Lessons from the Crisis and Way Forward’(16-17 February 2011 - International Institute for Labour Studies)

8. 

   2011 Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

   16 February 2011

   The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, whose work constitutes the cornerstone of the ILO's supervisory system on international labour standards, has just published its annual report.

2010

1. Italy is ready to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention

   16 December 2010

2. Pacific regional tripartite workshop considered ILO Maritime Labour Convention

   30 November 2010

   The workshop that was held in Nadi, Fiji from 27 to 29 October 2010 brought together seafarers, ship-owners and government labour and maritime officers from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to promote the ratification and implementation of the MLC, adopted by the ILO’s International Labour Conference in 2006.