News
2023
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France ratifies Convention C190 on violence and harassment in the world of work
13 April 2023
France becomes the 27th country in the world, and the 5th country in the European Union, to ratify the International Labour Organization Convention on Violence and Harassment.
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Syrian Arab Republic ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)
06 April 2023
Syria is the 103rd Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention
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Nigeria ratified ILO Conventions concerning migrant workers and private employment agencies
27 March 2023
Nigeria becomes the 29th country to ratify Convention No. 143, and the 38th to ratify Convention No. 181.
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Iraq ratified the ILO conventions on social protection and on Maritime Labour
23 March 2023
Iraq becomes the 64th Member State to have ratified ILO Convention on social protection and the 102nd Member State to have ratified the maritime labour convention MLC, 2006.
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Lesotho ratifies three ILO Conventions
16 March 2023
Lesotho deposited the instruments of ratification of the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151), the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).
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Achieving gender equality at work
07 March 2023
General Survey on the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156), the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183), the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Recommendation, 1958 (No. 111), the Workers with Family Responsibilities Recommendation, 1981 (No. 165) and the Maternity Protection Recommendation, 2000 (No. 191)
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Labour rights as human rights are essential to fight crises
24 February 2023
A joint statement by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organization and eight United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies marks the third anniversary of the UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action for Human Rights.
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Three vacancies on the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) [Extended deadline]
22 February 2023
The ILO is seeking candidates to join the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR).
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ILO releases 2023 report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
17 February 2023
The report outlines the extent to which ILO Member States have fulfilled their obligations under international labour standards’ obligations.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran ratifies one of the fundamental Conventions concerning occupational safety and health and its Protocol
07 February 2023
The Islamic Republic of Iran is the 76th Member State of the ILO to ratify Convention No. 155 and the 18th to ratify the Protocol of 2002 to Convention No. 155.