1. THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS

2. Decent Work flash movie

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. TRIPARTISM
Tripartism is the active participation of workers and employers,
together with governments, in all ILO activities
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

11. ILO STRUCTURE Governing Body International Labour Conference
4 delegates per member State
1 workers’
delegate
2 governments
delegates
1 employers’
delegate
Governing Body
14 workers’
representatives
28 governments
representatives
14 employers’
representatives
International Labour Office

12. International Labour Conference

13. Standard-setting activities Technical cooperation
ILO MEANS OF ACTION
Standard-setting activities
elaboration and adoption of international labour standards
supervision of member States application of international labour standards
Technical cooperation
promotion of the objectives established by international labour standards

14. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS (ILS)
Conventions
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)
Recommandations
are not open to ratification
are not legally binding
provide technical or general guidelines for national policy and practice
202 Recommendations (2012)

15. GLOBALIZATION OF RIGHTS
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)

16. 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)
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
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)

17. RATIFICATION Convention under international law
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

18. ILO SYSTEMS OF SUPERVISION
regular system of supervision
based on the ratification of a Convention and a reporting obligation
on its application
special systems of supervision
involve cases of specific allegations of violations against a member
State

19. MOST RELEVANT ILO SUPERVISORY BODIES
Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and
Recommendations (CEACR)
Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA)

20. Guy Ryder, Director-General, ILO