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INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE OF THE ILO/TURIN

THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION AND

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS


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ILO … 185 states

together to promote economic growth,

social justice and human rights related to labour in all its aspects, all over the world

ILO Decent Work Agenda


Decent work? What is it? 4 strategic objectives of the ILO

1. Creating jobs

2. Guaranteeing rights at work

3. Extending social protection

4. Promoting tripartism and social dialogue + gender equality as a crosscutting objective


Deficits of decent work: child and forced labour

• 168 million children in the world in child labour. More than half of them, 85 million, are in hazardous work (down from 171 million in 2000)

• Almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour – 11.4 million women and girls and 9.5 million men and boys


DW deficit: Unemployment and poverty

The number of unemployed worldwide rose by 4.2 million in 2012 to over 197 million, a 5.9 per cent unemployment rate

Almost 73 million people in the 15 to 24 age group are unemployed – a 12.4 per cent youth unemployment rate in 2012

Around 870 million workers live with their families on less than US$2 in 2011

A further 660 million workers live just above the poverty line, on between $2 and $4 a day in 2011.


Decent work is SAFE WORK but… • 2.02 million people die each year from work-related

diseases • 321,000 people die each year from occupational accidents

• Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident

or disease. • Every 15 seconds, 151 workers have a work-related accident.

Deaths and injuries take a particularly heavy toll in developing countries, where a large part of the population is engaged in hazardous activities, such as agriculture, construction, fishing and mining.


INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION

was founded in 1919

is a United Nations specialised agency

has 185 member States (2014)

is the only worldwide organization founded on a tripartite structure


ILO OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES

Universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice

Labour is not a commodity

Freedom of expression and association are essential to sustained progress

All human beings, irrespective of race, creed or sex have the right to pursue both their material well-being and their spiritual development in conditions of […] equal opportunities

Preamble to the ILO Constitution / Declaration of Philadelphia


The tripartite structure of the ILO enables the representatives

of workers and employers to participate on an equal footing with those of governments in all discussion and the process of decision-making

TRIPARTISM

Tripartism is the active participation of workers and employers,

together with governments, in all ILO activities


4 delegates per member State

International Labour Conference

Governing Body

International Labour Office

1 workers’ delegate

1 employers’ delegate

2 governments delegates

14 workers’ representatives

14 employers’ representatives

28 governments representatives

ILO STRUCTURE


International Labour Conference


Standard-setting activities

Technical cooperation

ILO MEANS OF ACTION

elaboration and adoption of international labour standards supervision of member States application of international labour standards

promotion of the objectives established by international labour standards


are international treaties when ratified, are legally binding if not ratified, represent legal objectives and influence national legislation are technical or promotional 189 Conventions (2012)

Conventions

Recommandations

are not open to ratification are not legally binding provide technical or general guidelines for national policy and practice

202 Recommendations (2012)

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS (ILS)


International labour standards system

Guarantee of fundamental human and workers’ rights all over the world

Universality (can be applied in different economic and social circumstances)

GLOBALIZATION OF RIGHTS


Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)

ILO FUNDAMENTAL CONVENTIONS

All ILO member States, irrespective of the ratification of these Conventions,

have an obligation to respect the principles they set out

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

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)


is the official commitment by a member State to be bound by the provisions of a Convention under international law

is a political decision

cannot involve reservations

consequences:

1. implementation of the Convention, both in law and in practice

2. exposure to supervisory mechanisms

RATIFICATION


ILO SYSTEMS OF SUPERVISION

regular system of supervision

special systems of supervision

involve cases of specific allegations of violations against a member State

based on the ratification of a Convention and a reporting obligation on its application


MOST RELEVANT ILO SUPERVISORY BODIES

Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)

Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA)


Guy Ryder, Director-General, ILO

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