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  1. Rules of the Game: an introduction to standards-related work of the ILO

    Centenary Edition 2019

  2. Podcast

    Writing the rules of the game - How international labour standards are created

  3. ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards

  4. ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work

    108th Session of the International Labour Conference (2019)

  5. Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (MNE Declaration)

  6. ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2008)

  7. ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998)

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. Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group (SRM TWG)

    ► Further information and advice is available from the ILO helpdesk on the SRM TWG (srmtwg@ilo.org).

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 (CAN)
    ► Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA)
Reports of the supervisory bodies
  1. 2023 Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
    - Addendum: Joint statement by CEACR and UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies 
  2. 2023 General Survey: Achieving gender equality at work - Executive Summary
  3. 2023 Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards
  4. NEW - 404th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (November 2023)
Complaint procedures
  1. Representations under article 24 of the ILO Constitution
  2. Complaints under article 26 of the ILO Constitution

What's new

  1. © Iam Anupong 2023

    Work at Sea Conference

    More must be done to protect seafarers and fishers’ rights says Work at Sea Conference

    16 November 2023

    The first joint seafarers high-level conference organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) acknowledged the pivotal role played by seafarers and fishers in future global development.

  2. © ILO 2023

    International Labour Standards

    Rwanda ratifies the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment

    01 November 2023

    Convention No. 190 is the first international labour standard to address violence and harassment in the world of work.

  3. International Labour Standards

    Congo ratified seven ILO Conventions, including one Fundamental and one Governance Convention

    26 October 2023

  4. © Human Design Studios /ILO 2023

    21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians

    Statisticians adopt new standards on measuring informal employment

    23 October 2023

    The new standards will help countries collect better data and so devise improved policies for workers in the informal economy.

  5. © ILO 2023

    International Labour Standards

    North Macedonia ratifies the Labour Statistics Convention and the Violence and Harassment Convention

    23 October 2023

    North Macedonia becomes the 52nd ILO member State to ratify Convention No. 160, and the 35th to ratify Convention No. 190.

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