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See also

  1. Rules of the Game: a brief introduction to International Labour Standards

  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, 107th Session, 2018

    Committee on the Application of Standards

  2. ILO centenary initiatives

    The standards initiative

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. 2018 Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
    • General Report
    • Corrigendum
  2. 2018 General Survey on working-time instruments
    • Corrigendum
  3. 2018 Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: Part 1 (General Report) - Part 2
  4. 384th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (March 2018)
    385th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (March 2018)
    Committee on Freedom of Association: First annual report - 2017 (March 2018)
    386th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (June 2018)
Complaint procedures
  1. List of representations under article 24 of the ILO Constitution
  2. List of Commissions of Inquiry

What's new

  1. International labour standards

    First fishing vessel detained under ILO Fishing Convention

    17 July 2018

    Convention to improve working conditions for fishers on commercial fishing vessels shows its teeth.

  2. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

    Luxembourg ratifies the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)

    05 June 2018

    Luxembourg is the 23rd country to ratify this instrument at the global level and the 5th at the European level.

  3. Working time

    Uruguay ratifies the Night Work Convention, 1990 (No. 171)

    05 June 2018

  4. Occupational Safety and Health

    Belgium ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)

    05 June 2018

  5. Occupational Safety and Health

    Iceland ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)

    05 June 2018

  6. International Labour Standards

    ILO Conference abrogates six Conventions, withdraws three Recommendations

    05 June 2018

    A two-thirds majority of votes at the International Labour Conference was required for the abrogation.

  7. Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention

    Thailand joins the global movement to combat forced labour

    04 June 2018

  8. ILO fundamental Conventions

    Iraq completes its ratification of all ILO Fundamental Conventions

    04 June 2018

    On the sidelines of the 107th International Labour Conference, Iraq completes ratification of ILO Convention 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize.

  9. Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

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

    28 May 2018

    Slovakia is the 87th Member State of the ILO that ratifies this convention.

  10. © EU Naval Force 2018

    Maritime Labour Convention

    Seafarers to continue receiving wages if held by pirates

    10 May 2018

    The Special Tripartite Committee approved amendments of the Maritime Labour Convention providing for seafarers to continue to be paid if held captive as a result of piracy or armed robbery against ships.

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