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Guidelines and manuals

The ILO has elaborated a series of Guidelines and Manuals on International Labour Standards (ILS), including on ILO Conventions on indigenous peoples’ rights, discrimination and child labour.

May 2009

  1. Information about Turin Course 2009

    10 May 2009

    The course aims to strengthen international, national and local capacity to promote and apply indigenous peoples' rights and to integrate indigenous peoples' rights and perspectives into development frameworks.

  2. Indigenous & Tribal People's Rights in Practice - A Guide to ILO Convention No. 169

    10 May 2009

    This publication is a result of collaborative efforts of a wide group of ILO staff, indigenous organizations, experts and researchers on the main aspects of indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights. It hopes to provide governments, indigenous and tribal peoples and workers’ and employers’ organizations with a practical tool for the implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights, based on the experiences, good practices and lessons learned that have been generated so far.

April 2008

  1. Including indigenous peoples in poverty reduction strategies

    30 April 2008

    A Practice Guide based on experiences from Cambodia, Cameroon and Nepal

February 2008

January 2008

  1. Handbook on combating child labour among indigenous peoples

    16 January 2008

    The ILO Handbook on Combating Child Labour among Indigenous and Tribal Peoples has been elaborated in four parts to provide practical guidance on how the specific issues might be addressed: Part I looks at the rights-based approach to the issue; Part II examines the issue of improving education to combat the problem; Part III considers how to ensure indigenous participation in the process while Part IV provides useful references and additional information. The handbook provides a much needed analysis of the issues surrounding child labour among a specific target group.

January 2007

  1. Eliminating discrimination against indigenous and tribal peoples in employment and occupation - A Guide to ILO Convention No.111

    01 January 2007

    The Guide is intended to serve indigenous peoples and their representatives as a source of information and a tool for engaging with policy and decision makers. At the same time it is a tool for the broader development community, including international and national development professionals.

July 2003

  1. ILO Convention on indigenous and tribal peoples: a manual

    01 July 2003

    This is an easy-to-use manual to ILO Convention No. 169. It helps to understand the Convention, and how it can be used to gain recognition, promotion and protection of indigenous and tribal peoples' rights

January 1996

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