International Labour Organization (ILO) Instruments

Introduction to ILO Instruments

• Declaration of Philadelphia Concerning the Aims and Purpose of the International Labour Organization
• ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Recommendation, 1958 (No. 111)
• ILO Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117)
• ILO Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140)
• ILO Rural Workers' Organisations Recommendation, 1975 (No. 149)
• ILO Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142)
• ILO Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156)
• ILO Workers with Family Responsibilities Recommendation, 1981 (No. 165)
• ILO Employment Policy (Supplementary Provisions) Recommendation, 1984 (No. 169)
• ILO Night Work Recommendation, 1990 (No. 178)
• ILO Human Resources Development Recommendation, 2004 (No. 195)

Full Texts of ILO Standards:

• Conventions
• Recommendations

Legal Instruments:

• Convention against Discrimination in Education
• Convention on Technical and Vocational Education
• Recommendation Concerning Technical and Vocational Education (Revised)

Policy and Guideline Documents:

• The Dakar Framework for Action

Legal Instruments:

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Universal Declaration for Human Rights

Policy and Guideline Documents:

• Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women - Platform for Action