International Labour Conference documents

100th Session of the International Labour Conference, 1-17 June 2011

PR No. 25 - Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth plenary sitting of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference

PR No. 29 - Address by His Excellency Mr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania

PR No. 28 - Address by Her Excellency Ms Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation.

Video Highlights: ILO Director-General's closing speech at the 100th International Labour Conference

The annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its historic 100th session on Friday 17 June after taking a number of steps aimed at moving toward what ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called "a new era of social...

Voices from the Conference - Parting Impressions

The views and aspirations of some of the more than 4,000 participants of the 100th International Labour Conference are shared in a video finale presented at the closing ceremony in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. It is a parting...

Quotes from Heads of State and Government in support of ILO at the 100th International Labour Conference

100th ILO annual conference concludes with move toward new era of social justice

The annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its historic 100th session on Friday 17 June after taking a number of steps aimed at moving toward what ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called “a new era of social...

PR No. 27 - Summary reports of panel discussions (15 June 2011)- Panel 4: "The need for a new era of social justice"

Text of the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers

International labour standards

Text of the Recommendation Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers

PR No. 22 - Address by Her Excellency Ms Angela Merkel, Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany

PR No. 21 - Address by His Excellency Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia

PR No. 20 - Thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth plenary sitting of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference

PR No. 24 - Report of the Committee for the Recurrent Discussion on Social Protection

100th Session of the International Labour Conference, 2011, Sixth item on the agenda: A recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of social protection (social security) under the follow-up to the 2008 ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a...

PR No.23 - Summary reports of panel discussions (14 June 2011) - Panel 3. "The role of decent work in a fairer greener and more sustainable...

The panel addressed the issue of a more efficient growth pattern that distributed benefits and opportunities in a more balanced way and led to a fairer, greener and more sustainable globalization, and the progress that had been made in each region...

PR No.18 / Part 2 - Report of the Committee on the Application of Standards: Observations and information concerning particular countries

PR No.18 / Part 1 - Report of the Committee on the Application of Standards: General Report

Video News Release

Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

According to the ILO, many countries still don’t recognize domestic work as “work”, denying millions of people labour and social protection under the law. But that’s changing in the United States, thanks to a dedicated group of women.

100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards

The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of...