Decision on the 17th item on the agenda: Report of the Director-General Fifth Supplementary Report: Outcome of the Meeting of Experts on Violence against Women and Men in the World of Work

Record of decisions | 08 November 2016

Decision on the 17th item on the agenda: Report of the Director-General

Fifth Supplementary Report: Outcome of the Meeting of Experts on Violence against Women and Men in the World of Work

The Governing Body:

(a) requested the Office to prepare the first discussion of possible instruments on violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work by the Conference at its 107th Session (2018) taking into account the guidance provided in the Conclusions of the Meeting of Experts on Violence against Women and Men in the World of Work (Geneva, 3–6 October 2016) and further guidance given by the Governing Body;

(b) decided to replace the term “violence” with “violence and harassment” in the title of the item placed on the agenda of the 107th Session (2018) of the Conference;

(c) approved a programme of reduced intervals for the preparatory stages of the first discussion of the agenda item as outlined in Appendix II.

(Document GB.328/INS/17/5, paragraph 12.)