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ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Unlike other United Nations specialized agencies, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has a tripartite governing structure that brings together governments, employers, and workers of 187 member States, to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men.
Home Work Convention, created in 1996, is an International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention, which came into force in 2000. It offers protection to workers who are employed in their own homes. It offers protection to workers who are employed in their own homes.
All but one of the ILO's member states (the Cook Islands) are also member states of the United Nations. [8] However, there are seven UN member states which have not joined the ILO. The ILO's constitution allows admission without membership in the UN, but the conditions to be satisfied in this case are more complex than for a UN member state.
Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (C185) is an International Labour Organization Convention. [1] [2]It was established in 1958, with the preamble stating:
Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979; C152; ILO Convention: Date of adoption: June 25, 1979: Date in force: December 5, 1981: Classification
The Declaration of Philadelphia envisioned the ILO as the master agency among the specialized international bodies, placing the ILO "on the same plane as the UN as the economic counterpart of that world political body." [1]: 482 [5] Instead, the role it saw for the ILO was taken by the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
The Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 is an International Labor Organization Convention adopted at the 82nd International Labor Conference (ILC). The convention (C176) was developed and adopted to better recognize the inherent hazards of the mining workplace and the necessity of addressing these hazards on a global scale.
The ILO Convention 156 followed the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979, which recommended some maternity leave, and said in its preamble that states are "aware that a change in the traditional role of men as well as the role of women in society and in the family is needed to achieve full equality between men and women".