"ILO: Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Works, 1998" [2005] ELECD 247; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 24

Section Title: ILO: Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Works, 1998

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

24. ILO: Declaration on Fundamental Principles
and Rights at Work, 1998

Commentary: The ILO is the constitutionally mandated organisation for estab-
lishing international labour standards (www.ilo.org). These take the form of
Conventions and Recommendations (available through www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/
index.htm). Conventions create legally binding obligations upon ratification by
Member States whereas Recommendations are non-binding instruments providing
guidance on policy, legislation and practice. The former may contemplate Members
completing annual reports on the implementation measures adopted. The ILO's
distinctive tripartite nature means that national delegations are composed of two
government representatives and one delegate each from national employer and
worker organisations. Employers are represented by the International Organisation
of Employers (IOE): see IOE (2000), `ILO Standards', Position Paper, Geneva. See
generally, UNCTAD­DTCI (1994), `World Investment Report 1994: TNCs,
Employment and the Workplace', UN Doc UNCTAD/DTCI/10.
Employers' and workers' organisations may be consulted by governments at
national levels on measures to give effect to ILO Conventions: see ILO Convention
No 144 (1976) Concerning Tripartite Consultation to Promote the Implementation
of International Labour Standards (entry into force 1978); ILO Recommendation No
113 (1960) concerning Consultation (Industrial and National Levels); ILO
Recommendation No 152 (1976) concerning Tripartite Consultation (Activities of the
ILO). See also, ILO Convention No 81 (1947) and Recommendation No 81 (1947)
concerning Labour Inspection; Convention No 129 (1969) concerning Labour
Inspection (Agriculture); and Convention No 135 (1971) concerning Workers'
Representatives. For academic commentary, see Johnson J.L. (1998),
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