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Tel : +41 (0) 22 799 7249
Email : normes@ilo.org
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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. Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (MNE Declaration)

    5th Edition (March 2017)

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

  5. 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. ILC, 108th Session, 2019

    Committee on the Application of Standards

    10-21 June 2019

  1. Committee of Experts

    New report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

    8 February 2019

  2. General Survey

    New General Survey on Social Protection Floors

    28 February 2019

  3. ILO centenary initiatives

    The standards initiative

  4. One for All

    ILO Centenary Ratification Campaign

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. 2018 Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards 
  4. 388th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (March 2019) - CFA Annual report for the period 2018
Complaint procedures
  1. Representations under article 24 of the ILO Constitution
  2. Complaints under article 26 of the ILO Constitution

What's new

  1. Labour Inspection and Forced Labour

    Canada renews commitment toward International Labour Standards

    17 June 2019

    Canada has ratified the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) and the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930

  2. Maternity Protection

    Mauritius ratifies the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183)

    14 June 2019

  3. International Labour Standards

    Madagascar takes a leading role in the “One for All” Centenary ratification campaign by ratifying six ILO Conventions

    12 June 2019

  4. Occupational Safety and Health

    Singapore ratifies the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)

    12 June 2019

    Singapore becomes the 68th ILO Member State to have ratified this key occupational safety and health instrument.

  5. Child Labour

    Observing the World Day against Child Labour in Suva, Fiji

    12 June 2019

    The ILO’s Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182) has achieved almost universal ratification by the ILO’s 187 member States, and the ratification rate of the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) is not far behind.

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