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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) 
  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 Relations

    Montenegro ratifies the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151)

    16 May 2019

    Montenegro becomes the 56th member State of the ILO to ratify Convention No. 151

  2. Publication

    Information paper on protection against sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sexual characteristics (SOGIESC) discrimination

    13 May 2019

    This paper sets out and analyses the law and practice of ILO member States in relation to discrimination in employment and occupation on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sexual characteristics (SOGIESC).

  3. Publication

    Handbook of procedures relating to international labour Conventions and Recommendations (Centenary Edition 2019)

    07 May 2019

    This Handbook describes the procedures operating within the International Labour Organization in relation to the adoption and implementation of Conventions and Recommendations.

  4. MLC, 2006

    Ship inspections for seafarers’ protection: The Maritime Labour Convention at work

    03 May 2019

    Ship inspections are critical for ensuring compliance with the Maritime Labour Convention, and as such, decent living and working conditions for seafarers. Rear Admiral Luigi Giardino of the Italian Coast Guard explains how such inspections are conducted and what their consequences can be.

  5. Maritime Labour Convention

    The United Republic of Tanzania ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

    18 April 2019

    The United Republic of Tanzania is the 93rd ILO member State to have ratified this Convention.

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