International Labour Standards
Cook Islands ratifies two ILO Conventions
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
SUVA (ILO News) – 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 and C182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, which have now been formally registered.
As a recent member state of the ILO (186th ILO member state – joined in June 2015), the Cook Islands government with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and the Cook Islands Workers’ Association presented their pledge to ratify the C182 during the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour in Argentina in November 2017.
The Cook Islands joins the rest of the international community in sending a clear message domestically and internationally that children all over the world should be protected and the worst forms of child labour be eliminated in compliance with the SDG 8. The Cook Islands acknowledged the importance of ratifying the ILO Convention and becomes the first country in the Pacific to have ratified the C182 after the ILO global campaign on universal ratification of the Convention.
Convention 182 is one of the most widely ratified ILO Conventions, almost universally ratified with 182 ratifications out of 187 ILO member Countries.
As ILO moves towards the celebration of its centenary in 2019, ILO has launched a global campaign to promote the universal ratification of the C144 on the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards). The Cook Islands is the 140th Member State to have ratified Convention No.144, promoting a culture of dialogue between the tripartite actors, building trust and collaboration on social and labour policies, and creating effective national social dialogue and tripartite institutions to shape the future of work.
The ILO congratulates the Cook Islands on the ratifications and commends the Cook Islands tripartite partner’s commitment in strengthening labour administration and social dialogue in their Country.
For more information contact:
Peter Blumel
As a recent member state of the ILO (186th ILO member state – joined in June 2015), the Cook Islands government with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and the Cook Islands Workers’ Association presented their pledge to ratify the C182 during the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour in Argentina in November 2017.
The Cook Islands joins the rest of the international community in sending a clear message domestically and internationally that children all over the world should be protected and the worst forms of child labour be eliminated in compliance with the SDG 8. The Cook Islands acknowledged the importance of ratifying the ILO Convention and becomes the first country in the Pacific to have ratified the C182 after the ILO global campaign on universal ratification of the Convention.
Convention 182 is one of the most widely ratified ILO Conventions, almost universally ratified with 182 ratifications out of 187 ILO member Countries.
As ILO moves towards the celebration of its centenary in 2019, ILO has launched a global campaign to promote the universal ratification of the C144 on the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards). The Cook Islands is the 140th Member State to have ratified Convention No.144, promoting a culture of dialogue between the tripartite actors, building trust and collaboration on social and labour policies, and creating effective national social dialogue and tripartite institutions to shape the future of work.
The ILO congratulates the Cook Islands on the ratifications and commends the Cook Islands tripartite partner’s commitment in strengthening labour administration and social dialogue in their Country.
For more information contact:
Peter Blumel