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Tel : +41 (0) 22 799 7249
Email : normes@ilo.org
Website : www.ilo.org/normes

See also

  1. Rules of the Game: an introduction to standards-related work of the ILO

    Centenary Edition 2019

  2. ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards

  3. ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work

    108th Session of the International Labour Conference (2019)

  4. Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (MNE Declaration)

    5th Edition (March 2017)

  5. ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2008)

  6. ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998)

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Labour standards

International labour standards have grown into a comprehensive system of instruments on work and social policy, backed by a supervisory system designed to address all sorts of problems in their application at the national level.  more

Highlights

  1. CEACR Event for the Centenary

    Monitoring compliance with ILO standards: Significant achievements and opportunities ahead

    28 November 2019 (15:00-18:00), ILO Geneva, Room II

    Roundtable – Chairperson (Judge Dixon Caton) and six key speakers (Judge R. Layton, Professor J. Bellace, Judge A. Koroma, Ms S. Regenbogen, Mr M. Leemans and Mr P. Rochford) 

  1. ILO centenary initiatives

    The standards initiative

  2. One for All

    ILO Centenary Ratification Campaign

  3. #Trade4DecentWork

    Trade for Decent Work Project

    The project aims at improving the application of the ILO fundamental Conventions in EU trading partner countries through improved labour relations and working conditions

  4. ILC, 108th Session, 2019

    Committee on the Application of Standards

    10-21 June 2019

Supervisory bodies and procedures

General Introduction
  1. Supervising the application of standards
    ► Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)
    ► Conference Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS)
    ► Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA)
Reports of the supervisory bodies
  1. 2019 Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
    • General Report
  2. 2019 General Survey concerning the Social Protection Floors Recommendation (No. 202) 
    • Corrigendum - Appendix III
  3. 2019 Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards
  4. 391st Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (November 2019)
Complaint procedures
  1. Representations under article 24 of the ILO Constitution
  2. Complaints under article 26 of the ILO Constitution

What's new

  1. © Frans Persoon 2019

    International Labour Standards

    Convention No 1: A landmark for Workers’ Rights

    13 November 2019

    100 years ago the first International Labour Conference adopted the first International Labour Standard – on working time. As the ILO celebrates this landmark moment, ILO Working Time specialist, Jon Messenger, looks back at the history of the Convention and its impact.

  2. International Labour Standards

    Malawi renews commitment toward International Labour Standards

    12 November 2019

  3. Maritime Labour Convention

    Sudan ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

    11 November 2019

    Sudan is the 95th member State to have ratified this Convention.

  4. GB roundup

    ILO Governing Body concludes 337th session

    08 November 2019

    The ILO Governing Body ended its 337th session on 7 November 2019. ILO News discussed the highlights of the session with Juan Llobera, Clerk of the Governing Body.

  5. Event

    Monitoring compliance with ILO standards: Significant achievements and opportunities ahead

    This event will allow a discussion of the role of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations and its relationship with the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards in the context of achieving better compliance with ILO standards.

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