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  1. Rules of the Game: an introduction to standards-related work of the ILO

    Centenary Edition 2019

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  3. ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work

    108th Session of the International Labour Conference (2019)

  4. Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (MNE Declaration)

  5. ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2008)

  6. ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998)

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Labour standards

International labour standards have grown into a comprehensive system of instruments on work and social policy, backed by a supervisory system designed to address all sorts of problems in their application at the national level.  more

Highlights

  1. 2023 General Survey

    NEW - Achieving gender equality at work

    Report III (Part B) of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

    7 March 2023

  2. CEACR

    NEW - ILO releases 2023 report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

    Report III (Part A) of the of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

    17 February 2023

  1. Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group (SRM TWG)

    ► Further information and advice is available from the ILO helpdesk on the SRM TWG (srmtwg@ilo.org).

    • The eighth meeting of the SRM TWG will take place from 11 to 16 September 2023.

  2. International labour standards and human rights

    28 March 2022

  3. COVID-19 and International Labour Standards

     

  4. Training on International Labour Standards

Supervisory bodies and procedures

General Introduction
  1. Supervising the application of standards
    ► Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)
    ► Conference Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS)
    ► Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA)
Reports of the supervisory bodies
  1. NEW - 2023 Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations 
           - Three vacancies on the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)
  2. NEW - 2023 General Survey: Achieving gender equality at work
  3. 2022 Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards
  4. NEW - 401st Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (March 2023)
    NEW - 402nd Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (March 2023)
    NEW - CFA Annual report for the year 2022
Complaint procedures
  1. Representations under article 24 of the ILO Constitution
  2. Complaints under article 26 of the ILO Constitution

What's new

  1. © ILO 2023

    International Labour Standards

    Nigeria ratified ILO Conventions concerning migrant workers and private employment agencies

    27 March 2023

    Nigeria becomes the 29th country to ratify Convention No. 143, and the 38th to ratify Convention No. 181.

  2. International Labour Standards

    Iraq ratified the ILO conventions on social protection and on Maritime Labour

    23 March 2023

    Iraq becomes the 64th Member State to have ratified ILO Convention on social protection and the 102nd Member State to have ratified the maritime labour convention MLC, 2006.

  3. International labour standards

    Lesotho ratifies three ILO Conventions

    16 March 2023

    Lesotho deposited the instruments of ratification of the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151), the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).

  4. Report III(B)

    Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution) Report III (Part B)

    07 March 2023

    Achieving gender equality at work. General Survey on the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156), the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183), the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Recommendation, 1958 (No. 111), the Workers with Family Responsibilities Recommendation, 1981 (No. 165) and the Maternity Protection Recommendation, 2000 (No. 191)

  5. © Well-Bred Kannan 2023

    Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

    Labour rights as human rights are essential to fight crises

    24 February 2023

    A joint statement by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organization and eight United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies marks the third anniversary of the UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action for Human Rights.

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