ABOUT ILO

Born from the chaos of global war, tempered by nearly a century of turbulent change, the International Labour Organization is built on the constitutional principle that universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice.

ILO is the source of such hallmarks of industrial society as the 8-hour day, employment policy, maternity protection, child-labour laws and other policies which promote workplace safety and peaceful industrial relations.

No country or industry could have afforded to introduce any of these in the absence of similar and simultaneous action by others.

ILO is the international institutional framework, which makes it possible to address such issues - and to find solutions allowing working conditions to improve everywhere. For detailed information on the history, aims, structure, and constitution of ILO, visit the sitemap.

Member Countries

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan The Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia The Comoros The Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon The Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia The Islamic Republic of Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Republic of Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic

Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Maldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru The Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania The Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka The Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe