News on International Labour Standards

ILO to launch a series of short videos on domestic workers: “We have the same right” campaign

A campaign to improve the working conditions of domestic workers in Indonesia titled “We Have the Same Right: Seven Stories of Domestic Workers” by reaching out to their employers and the public at large will be launched by the International Labour...

ILO supports ECOWAS commission to develop a sub-regional decent work program

ILO is working with the Economic Community of West African States Commission to develop its first Decent Work Program for West Africa. During a two-day workshop in Abuja, Commission officials discuss strategies and identify priority areas.

International Labour and Environmental Standards Application in Pakistan’s Small and Medium Enterprises (ILES) (Project fact sheet)

In partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan, the ILO office for Pakistan will help tripartite partners and other stakeholders to strengthen national labour and environmental standards compliance with international standards...

International Labour Standards

Regional workshop for judges promotes application of international labour law at national level

Forced labour

Spain joins the global movement to combat forced labour

Media Advisory: ILO hosts workshop to help countries fulfil reporting requirements

ILO Workshop on "Reporting on ILO Conventions and Recommendations" underway in Guyana today, and is attended by representatives from 13 ILO Caribbean member States. Government and workers' and employers' representatives are receiving training on the...

Communication

ILO hosts Southern African Journalist workshop dubbed Communicating Labour Rights

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has challenged the Media to take an active role in understanding Employment and labour issues as they are central to the survival of Communities and Governments.

Public sector in the Philippines

Press statement on the Senate concurrence of ILO Convention 151

Press statement by Director Khalid Hassan of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines on the concurrence of the ratification of Convention 151 Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 by the Senate of the Philippines

Domestic workers voice their aspirations through compilation of stories: “We will not be silent”

As an effort to document the lives and the struggle of Indonesian domestic workers to be recognized as workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with JALA PRT and the Jakarta’s Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI...

Developing trade unions capacities to promote social protection floor in Iraq

The workshop objective is to bring together the Leaders of the four main national trade union centers to discuss the unions’ policy and future strategy in relation to social protection and the new draft law.

Launch of skills training initiative for domestic workers: Improving domestic workers’ job quality and standards

Many domestic workers endure very poor working conditions, many are underpaid, have no social security coverage, work long hours, in difficult and not always in safe conditions. Some are even vulnerable to the threat of trafficking, sexual, physical...

Good Labour Practices: What’s next for the Thai fishing and seafood industry, 31 May 2017

Opening of Field Office and World Day against Child Labour, 12 June 2017

Opening of Stella Maris Seafarer’s Center in Samaesarn, 23 June 2017

News

Students as agents of change for the elimination of child domestic labour

Students could act as agents of change for their countries. Their efforts need to be supported with suitable activities such as dialogues, discussions and knowledge sharing events.

International labour standards

GSP+ Beneficiary Countries to Effectively Implement International Labour Standards and Comply with Reporting Obligations: Fact sheet

The EU GSP+ project contributes to country level outcome where “tripartite constituents and social partners have improved capacity to support enabling laws/policies and better apply social dialogue, tripartism and basic rights on FOA and CB in the...

“ILO Week” in Georgia

In July, Georgia hosted three major events in Batumi, Adjara, organised with the ILO support and attended by representatives of the ILO, government, trade unions, as well as legal professionals and members of academia. Thus, the week of 11 to 15...

Seafarers’ identity documents

The Seafarers’ Identity Document: Moving to an e-SID compatible with ICAO Doc 9303

Article by John Campbell, Technical Advisor to the ILO, published in the Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity in June 2017

Publications

New books on international labour standards available in Vietnamese

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has launched the Vietnamese versions of two ILO’s publications on freedom of association and international labour conventions.

United Republic of Tanzania ratifies ILO Maritime Labour (2006) and Seafarers identity documents No. 185 (2003) conventions

Becomes the 5th and 13th country in Africa to ratify seafarer’s identity documents and Maritime Labour conventions respectively