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

    Centenary Edition 2019

  2. ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards

  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. Preparing for the General Survey on Employment Injury Protection

    Employment Injury Protection: A global webinar for preparing reports and comments for the General Survey

    18 October 2023 (Zoom 12.00-14.00 CEST)

    Co-organized by the International Labour Standards Department (NORMES) and the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO)

  2. Event

    Joint IMO/ILO Conference on Work at Sea

    13 November 2023, 9:00 am (London time) - IMO Headquarters, London and online live stream

  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).

  2. ILC, 111th Session, June 2023

    Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards

  3. Podcast

    Writing the rules of the game - How international labour standards are created

  4. International labour standards and human rights

  5. 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 (CAN)
    ► Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA)
Reports of the supervisory bodies
  1. 2023 Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
    - Addendum: Joint statement by CEACR and UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies 
  2. 2023 General Survey: Achieving gender equality at work - Executive Summary
  3. NEW - 2023 Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards
  4. 403rd Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (June 2023)
Complaint procedures
  1. Representations under article 24 of the ILO Constitution
  2. Complaints under article 26 of the ILO Constitution

What's new

  1. Event

    Joint IMO/ILO Conference on Work at Sea

    The Conference will focus on sharing best practices, views and experiences on: ensuring the rights of seafarers and fishers; identifying gaps in the current regulatory framework, including in relation to responsible management; and exploring how governments, industry, IGOs and NGOs can collaborate to improve the relevant international maritime legal framework.

  2. Preparing for the General Survey on Employment Injury Protection

    Employment Injury Protection: A global webinar for preparing reports and comments for the General Survey

    Co-organized by the International Labour Standards Department (NORMES) and the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO)

  3. Publication

    Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: Record of Proceedings (ILC 2023)

    28 September 2023

    The Conference Committee on the Application of Standards, a standing tripartite body of the International Labour Conference and an essential component of the ILO’s supervisory system, examines each year the report published by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations.

  4. International Labour Standards

    Papua New Guinea ratifies ILO Conventions on labour inspection, tripartite consultation and violence and harassment in the workplace

    27 September 2023

    Papua New Guinea has now ratified 26 Conventions including eight fundamental conventions.

  5. International labour standards

    Uganda ratifies the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment

    07 August 2023

    Uganda becomes the 32nd country in the world, and the 8th country in Africa, to ratify Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work

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