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Women migrant workers

Mobile women and mobile phones: Women migrant workers’ use of information and communication technologies in ASEAN

The joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region (part of the multi-year EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls) undertook a qualitative...

Issue Brief no. 5 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining

Negotiating for decent working time - a review of practice

This Issue Brief gives an overview of the regulation of working time through collective agreements in different regions of the world and outlines innovative solutions by the bargaining partners. It presents practices from various countries, which...

Report of the Commission of Inquiry

For national reconciliation and social justice in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Report of the Commission of Inquiry appointed under article 26 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization to examine the observance by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of the Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery...

Reduce child labour and improve working conditions in artisanal and small-scale gold mining

Convening actors to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labour and improve working conditions in artisanal and small-scale...

The CARING GOLD MINING Project in the Philippines will address the problem of child labour and poor working conditions in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) operations by supporting the sector towards setting-up of legal and regulated...

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Workers' training manual on freedom of association

The Philippines adopted a number of mechanisms that seek to address the issues of workers’ freedom of association (FOA). These mechanisms opened an opportunity for the workers to participate in the investigation and monitoring of FOA cases. This...

Women migrant workers

Regional Planning Meeting for Promoting ASEAN Women Migrant Workers’ Rights through Organizing

The report centres women migrant workers' freedom of association and collective bargaining, identifies the challenges to their organizing, and puts forward recommendations to strengthen women migrant workers' leadership and participation in labour...

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Freedom of association and collective bargaining: National action plan, 2017-2022

As a signatory to the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention Nos. 87 (Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise) and 98 (Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining), the Philippines is under obligation to implement...

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Addressing impunity: A review of the three monitoring mechanisms

The Review Report on the three monitoring mechanisms at the three different government offices – Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) – goes beyond examination of the mandates,...

Committee on Freedom of Association - Annual report for the period 2018

335th Session of the ILO Governing Body

388th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association

335th Session of the ILO Governing Body

Report of the Director-General - Sixth Supplementary Report: Composition of the Committee on Freedom of Association

See the draft decision in paragraph 3

International labour standards

Support GSP+ beneficiary countries to effectively implement international labour standards and comply with reporting obligations: Fact sheet

The European Union (EU) Generalized Scheme of Preference (GSP+) Freedom of Association (FOA) and Collective Bargaining (CB) project focuses on better application of key ILO Conventions ratified by the Philippines, ILO Convention No. 87, Freedom of...

The ILO Committee of Experts examined Myanmar’s application of ILO Convention No. 87 concerning the freedom of association and right to...

The conclusion on Myanmar was issued by the ILO Committee of Experts in February 2019.

335th Session of the ILO Governing Body

Presentation of the Committee on Freedom of Association annual report for the period 2018

Brochure

Integrated Strategy on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 2017-2023

Rules of the Game: An introduction to the standards-related work of the International Labour Organization (Centenary edition 2019)

A brief presentation of the ILO’s standards policy with a view to facilitating understanding and ownership by the ILO’s traditional constituents, as well as the United Nations system, non-specialists and the broader public.

Mongolia policy brief: Freedom of association and collective bargaining in the informal economy in Mongolia

The brief contains the analysis of the legal regulatory framework for freedom of association and collective bargaining in the informal economy in Mongolia.

Promoting Social Dialogue and Harmonious Industrial Relations in Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Industry

SDIR Project update: December 2018

Bali declaration - Policy briefs

Strengthening social dialogue and tripartism (2018 update)

The Bali Declaration was adopted at the 16th Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting of the ILO on 9 December 2016. The Declaration serves as a call to action for governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations in the region to do more to promote...