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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. 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. ILO centenary initiatives

    The standards initiative

  2. ILC, 108th Session, 2019

    Committee on the Application of Standards

    10-21 June 2019

  3. One for All

    ILO Centenary Ratification Campaign

  4. Committee of Experts

    2019 Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

    8 February 2019

  5. General Survey

    2019 General Survey on Social Protection Floors

    28 February 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 (Part 1 - Part 2)
  4. 389th and 390th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (June 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. Collective Bargaining

    Vietnam ratifies the Collective Bargaining Convention

    26 July 2019

    Vietnam becomes the 167th ILO Member State to ratify Convention No. 98

  2. Commission of Inquiry

    ILO Commission of Inquiry will visit the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from 8 to 12 July, 2019

    08 July 2019

  3. Q&A

    ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment: Five key questions

    28 June 2019

    For the first time violence and harassment in the world of work are covered in new international labour standards, adopted at the Centenary International Labour Conference and now open for ratification by ILO member States.

  4. Child labour

    Vanuatu ratifies the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)

    24 June 2019

    Vanuatu has now ratified all of the 8 ILO Fundamental Conventions

  5. 108th International Labour Conference

    New international labour standard to combat violence, harassment, at work agreed

    21 June 2019

    The Centenary International Labour Conference has adopted a new Convention and Recommendation to combat violence and harassment in the workplace.

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