News and statements on labour migration

  1. The ILO focuses on coordinated efforts in realizing decent work in Indonesia’s fishing industry

    30 March 2022

    The ILO initiates a coordinated consultation meeting for its fishery sector to strengthen its supports to realize decent working conditions for Indonesian fishers within the country and abroad.

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    UN leaders urge companies relying on shipping supply chains to undertake urgent measures to protect seafarers’ rights

    06 May 2021

    New due diligence tool aims to help businesses uphold their responsibility to protect human rights at sea, as new COVID variants threaten to further delay crew changes.

  3. Better labour inspection cuts abuses in the Thai fishing sector

    21 October 2019

    The ILO is training labour inspectors in Thailand as part of a project to prevent and reduce unacceptable forms of work in the country’s fishing and seafood industries.

  4. ILO Director-General: “ILO sets course to promote decent work in global supply chains, in transition from conflict and crisis and in making poverty history by 2030”

    10 June 2016

    World parliament of labour sets the course for global action to shape the future of work.

  5. Luc Cortebeeck: “A major step forward was taken at this Governing Body session”

    04 April 2014

    The 320th session of the ILO Governing Body drew to a close on 27 March 2014 in Geneva. In this interview, Workers’ Group Chair Luc Cortebeeck looks at several of the issues discussed during this session. Major topics included the application of international labour standards, ILO engagement with the private sector, seafarers’ rights, and migrant workers – in the context of the ILO’s chairing the UN system’s Global Migration Group (GMG).