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“Step out of the shadow!”: How cartoons support a campaign to formalize the Kyrgyz economy

Last year, the International Labour Conference adopted the Recommendation concerning the transition from the informal to the formal economy (No.204). An innovative project in Kyrgyzstan shows how this transition can be facilitated in practice.

Maritime Labour Convention

Honduras ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Honduras is the 76th ILO Member State to ratify this landmark Convention.

Social Security

Ukraine ratifies the major Social Security Convention of the ILO

During the 105th session of the International Labour Conference, Ukraine became the 53rd ILO Member State to ratify Convention No. 102 on minimum standards of social security - the key international instrument defining a comprehensive and adequate...

Maritime Labour Convention

Estonia ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Mali becomes the third African country to ratify the Protocol of 2014 on forced labour

Maritime Labour Convention

Myanmar becomes the 75th State to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

The ILO and Myanmar make history with the ratification of a key Convention

Work in Fishing

Estonia ratifies the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)

Maternity Protection

Peru ratifies the Maternity Protection Convention (No. 183)

Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains: A Programme for Action in Asia and the Garment Sector (Project fact sheet)

In collaboration with Germany’s GIZ, the ILO will take up challenges to labour standards and working conditions arising from globalized garment production, focusing on Cambodia, Indonesia and Pakistan. The ILO’s Pakistan Office will work with its...

Fundamental Conventions

Timor-Leste ratified the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No.100) and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) 1958 (No. 111)

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Jordan ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Jordan is the 73rd member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

Third meeting of the Garment Sector Stakeholders’ Forum (GSSF) and GIZ tripartite dialogue workshop

The third GSSF meeting focused on GSP+ in Pakistan and GIZ’s dialogue approach. The Ministry for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development led a lively discussion on the implementation gap in Pakistan and members of the forum gave...

Poland

The ILO and the story of Solidarnosc

The story of Solidarnosc – arguably Poland's most famous trade union highlights not only the importance of the ILO Conventions No. 87 and No. 98 on freedom of association and the right to organise, but also the vital role the ILO played in the...

Safety and health at work and labour laws compliance system

Opening address at the Commemoration of Workers' Memorial Day and the World Day for Safety and Health at Work; and the Conduct of...

By Khalid Hassan, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Commemoration of Workers' Memorial Day and the World Day for Safety and Health at Work; and the Conduct of Conference Workshop on Workers at the Sequoia Hotel, Quezon...

Training on Eradication of Child Labour and Forced Labour in Tashkent

Training for representatives of employers and entrepreneurs on issues of child labour and forced labour was organized in Tashkent on April 27.

Industrial Relations Forum

Viet Nam vows to reform industrial relations to fully reap integration benefits

The Government, trade unions and employers’ organizations issued a joint statement to affirm their commitment with ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

Industrial Relations Forum

Tripartite Joint Statement on the renovation of Viet Nam’s industrial relations in the process of international integration

Joint Statement of Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs, Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, and Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Future of Jobs

ILO Director-General holds talks with Trinidad and Tobago Government, Employers’ and Workers’ Organizations on the current employment...

The DG identified a set of “instruments” which should be put in place to ensure that the transition to new jobs is easier and that security for workers is provided.

Peasants demand land reforms, setting up of Harri Courts, Provision of their human & labour rights

ILO supported the launch of ‘report on State of Peasants Rights in Sindh’. The report published by Harri Welfare Association discusses the plight of peasants as driven by the socio-cultural, political, legal, administrative and financial factors. It...

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Slovenia ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Slovenia is the 72nd member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.