News and statements on labour migration

  1. 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).

  2. Interview with Luc Cortebeeck, Chair of the Workers’ Group of the ILO Governing Body

    11 November 2013

    The 319th session of the ILO Governing Body recently drew to a close in Geneva. Tackled at this session were several issues concerning the economic crisis in Europe, workers’ rights and international migration. In this interview the Chair of the Workers’ Group, Luc Cortebeeck, looks at the main points covered at this session, held in Geneva on 17-31 October 2013.