News

2019

  1. UK joins efforts to ensure decent work in the fishing sector

    16 January 2019

    The United Kingdom has ratified the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), becoming the 13th ILO Member State to do so.

2018

  1. Samoa ratifies the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)

    12 December 2018

  2. Mexico ratifies the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)

    26 November 2018

  3. Peru ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

    26 November 2018

    Peru is the 27th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

  4. Grenada ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

    12 November 2018

  5. ILO Governing Body wraps up its 334th session

    10 November 2018

    The October-November 2018 session of the ILO Governing Body ended on 8 November. ILO News discussed the highlights with Juan Llobera, Clerk of the Governing Body.

  6. Gambia ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

    09 November 2018

    Gambia is the 89th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

  7. Cook Islands ratifies two ILO Conventions

    21 September 2018

    The Government of Cook Islands has deposited with the International Labour Office the instruments of ratification for two ILO Conventions: C144 on the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) and C182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, which have now been formally registered

  8. Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: Record of Proceedings (ILC 2018)

    27 August 2018

    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.

  9. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China joins efforts to protect seafarers’ rights

    21 August 2018