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Trade Union Participation in International Labour Standards Activities and the ILO Supervisory System(deadline 1 September 2010)

List of ILO Core Conventions

Brochure

A guide for Caribbean employers on the CARIFORUM-European Community Economic Partnership Agreement

Brochure in response to concerns about the potential effects and consequences of the CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Community (EC).

Media for Labour Rights 2010 reporting award. "Filipino domestic workers : the struggle for justice and survival"

The Third Annual Media for Labour Rights feature-writing prize has been awarded to Nina Corpuz, a journalist from the Philippines, for an article on domestic workers and the threats of trafficking and abuse that they face. The award is given by the...

Maritime Labour Convention

Canada joins other key maritime States to help bring seafarers' decent work Convention into force

The Government of Canada deposited its instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 with the International Labour Office on 15 June. Canada is the first North American country to ratify this key maritime labour Convention,...

HIV/AIDS

Learn about it at work: an HIV poster campaign in Russia

The proposed new standard on HIV/AIDS that is under discussion at the International Labour Conference is not only the first international human rights instrument to focus explicitly on HIV/AIDS. It also contains provisions on prevention programmes...

Plan of action (2010-2016) to achieve widespread ratification and effective implementation of the occupational safety and health...

The determined efforts made over recent years by the ILO and its constituents to develop a more holistic and integrated approach to the fundamental issue of occupational safety and health (OSH) culminated in the adoption by the ILO Governing Body at...

HIV/AIDS

ILO to vote on new international labour standard on HIV and AIDS

The annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will vote on Thursday 17 June on a new international labour standard on HIV and AIDS and the world of work.

ILO Study Mission on Singapore’s Tripartism Framework: Prospects for Ratification of the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour...

International Labour Standards Department (NORMES) - Industrial and Employment Relations Department (DIALOGUE)

Catalogue of publications on International Labour Standards

June 2009 – June 2010

Leaflet on the Support to Industrial Relations and Labour Code Reform in Viet Nam Project

Provides a brief summary about the project funded by the One UN Fund.

Leaflet on the Better Work Viet Nam Project

Provides a brief summary about the project funded by Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Domestic workers

Decent work for domestic workers: towards new international labour standards

Domestic work employs millions of workers, mostly women, around the world. The June 2010 session of the International Labour Conference will hold a first discussion on a new international labour standard for a domestic workforce that is growing...

Roadmap for achieving the elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2016

Outcome document The Hague Global Child Labour Conference 2010 towards a world without child labour mapping the road to 2016

Opening message at the International Committee on Seafarer's Welfare 5th South East Asia Regional Welfare Committee Meeting

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO-Manila, Manila, Philippines

Conference convenes to push for industrial relations reform

The Conference provides an opportunity to review the draft revisions of the two laws against the industrial relations problems that have arisen in the last few years—such as, wildcat strikes, and the shortcomings of trade unions in effectively...

ILO List of Occupational Diseases (revised 2010)

This new list of occupational diseases reflects the state-of-the-art development in the identification and recognition of occupational diseases in the world of today. It indicates clearly where prevention and protection should take place. This ILO...

Philippine's Decent Work Country Programme

The Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) has been established as the main vehicle for delivery of ILO support to the Philippines.

Report form for the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (PDF format)

The present report form is for the use of countries which have ratified the Convention. It has been approved by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, in accordance with article 22 of the ILO Constitution (GB.307/10/2(Rev.), March...

Statement of the ILO High-Level Bipartite Mission to Turkey (3-5 March 2010)

An ILO high-level bipartite mission, consisting of the Employers’ and Workers’ spokespersons of the International Labour Conference Committee on the Application of Standards, Mr Ed Potter and Mr Luc Cortebeeck, respectively, accompanied by Mrs...