International Labour Organization

The International Labour Organisation (ILO, and the ILO; English International Labour Organization, ILO; French organization international du travail, OIT; Spanish Organización Internacional del Trabajo, OIT ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations and charged with social justice and human and labor rights transport.

The ILO began its activities on 11 April 1919 at the Versailles Peace Conference. She was originally a permanent establishment of the League of Nations with the aim of safeguarding world peace based on social justice. The result, she was from a requirement of the Social Democratic Amsterdam Trade Union International.

Since 14 December 1946, when she took her seat in Geneva, the ILO is a UN specialized agency, and thus the first facility of its kind in 1969 and was awarded the organization of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, the Hans Boeckler price. The ILO has 185 member states.

Organs

  • International Labour Conference (International Labour Conference): Occurs once a year in Geneva, decides acts and the budget of the ILO. The highest organ of the ILO, each Member State has four delegates, two representatives of the Government and one representative of the employees ' and employers' organizations.
  • Board of Directors ( Governing Body ): The executive branch of the ILO consists of 56 representatives ( and equal number of alternates ) and meets three times a year. Again, the ratio of 2:1:1 representatives. Ten of the 28 government seats are permanently held by ten states " great industrial importance " (Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States), the remaining 18 are elected every three years. The representatives of workers 'and employers' organizations are chosen personally.
  • International Labour Office (International Labour Office ): Applies the function of the Secretariat of the International Labour Organisation and leads, among other regular statistics on the labor market and labor laws in the member countries.

Directors-General of the ILO

Directors-General of the ILO since 1919 were:

Operation

The ILO is mandated to develop international labor standards further. To this end, she works legally binding agreement from ( Conventions ) and Recommendations to the Member States. Of these various areas of labor law are affected: Standards for maternity protection, protection of temporary employees, age limits for certain jobs, etc. A total of 188 conventions exist today and 198 recommendations.

Convention establish after ratification by the competent authorities of a Member State for this legal obligations, whereas recommendations only to provide guidance for policy. Members must report regularly on the implementation of which they have ratified the Convention and on the state of their national legislation relating to labor law and occupational health and safety of the ILO.

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