News on International Labour Standards

ILO to mark entry into force of Maritime Labour Convention on 20 August

To mark the day, the ILO will organize a panel with high-level representatives of seafarers, ship-owners and port authorities from Singapore's maritime sector, and Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director of the ILO International Labour Standards...

International Labour Standards

ILO to mark entry into force of Maritime Labour Convention on 20 August

International labour standards

Maritime Labour Convention 2006: What it is, what it does, how it works

With the Maritime Labour Convention due to come into force on 20 August, the ILO has compiled a guide to this historic "seafarers' bill of rights."

United Kingdom ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

With the ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) by the United Kingdom, 41 ILO Member States, representing 75.3 per cent of the world gross tonnage of ships and more than 50 percent of the world’s 1.2 million seafarers have...

Labour standards

United Kingdom ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

The United Kingdom ratified the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) on 7 August 2013. This ratification also covers the Isle of Man and Gibraltar.

Indigenous Peoples’ rights

An unprecedented gathering deep in the Amazon jungle

Ahead of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on August 9th, ILO News looks at how the ILO’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), is helping an indigenous tribe in north-eastern Peru to make their voices heard.

Labour standards

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

Japan is the 40th ILO Member State to have its ratification registered and the 10th from the Asia-Pacific region – after Singapore, Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Philippines, Tuvalu and Viet Nam – to have ratified the...

Trade union leaders meet to discuss informal employment

The Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-PERC) in cooperation with the ILO organized a subregional meeting for trade union leaders focusing on informal employment. The meeting took place in Kyrgyzstan’s...

The 2013 Nigeria Labour Congress Rain School : Strengthening Trade Unions for Defense of Workers Rights

The 2013 Rain School, organized courses for Trade Unions in Nigeria on leadership, organizational skills and Gender issues.

International labour standards

ILO statement on reform of Bangladesh labour law

Amendments to the Bangladesh labour Act 2006 were adopted on 15 July 2013. Its conformity with international labour standards ratified by Bangladesh will be reviewed by the ILO supervisory machinery later in the year.

Garment factory managers find significant benefits from improved social dialogue in the workplace

In order to improve compliance with labour standards and promote competitiveness in global supply chains, the ILO-Better Work Indonesia Programme has been supporting many garment enterprises in Indonesia in implementing the ILO core international...

Questions & answers

Interview with Michael Sommer, President of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB)

Germany recently ratified two ILO’s Conventions N° 189 on Domestic Workers and the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC). On this occasion, Michael Sommer, President of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB), replies to ACTRAV INFO. In this...

Enabling HIV responses: National Social Protection Floors

This technical note describes how the Social Protection Floors Recommendation 2012 can be an enabler to strengthen HIV responses. The note serves as a reference for governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, United Nations agencies, civil...

FAO and ILO urge countries to better protect children working in fisheries and aquaculture

Governments need to take measures to protect children from harmful work in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, say the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

318th Governing Body

ILO Governing Body adopts reports of the Committee on Freedom of Association

The Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) draws special attention to three serious and urgent country cases while noting progress in others.

Labour standards

South Africa ratifies four international labour Conventions

The Government of the Republic of South Africa deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of four international labour Conventions, the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No.81), the Maritime Labour Convention,...

Labour standards

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

Barbados is the 38th ILO Member State, and the fifth State from the Caribbean region – after Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – to have ratified the landmark Maritime Labour Convention,...

102nd International Labour Conference

ILO Conference examines application of labour standards in 26 countries

The conclusions of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations were adopted on the closing day of the International Labour Conference.

Labour standards

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

On 18 June 2013, the Government of Nigeria deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). Nigeria is the 37th ILO Member State and the fifth State from the African...

102nd International Labour Conference

ILO lifts remaining restrictions on Myanmar

The restrictions were related to the country’s non compliance of the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29).