“The number of people forcibly displaced by armed conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations stands at an all-time high. The increasing scale, duration and complexity of the global displacement …
General observation on matters arising from the application of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) during the COVID-19 pandemic
“The Committee notes with deep concern the challenges and the impact that restrictions and other measures adopted by governments around the world to contain the spread of the COVID19 pandemic …
Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos estudiará caso sobre violaciones al derecho de Huelga en Guatemala | Inter-American Court of Human Rights to Study Case on Violations of the Right to Strike in Guatemala
El 27 de febrero de 2020 pasó al conocimiento de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, el caso EXTRABAJADORES DEL ORGANISMO JUDICIAL VS. GUATEMALA, cuyo Informe de Fondo fue emitido …
Namibia ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)
On 9 December 2020, Namibia became the third country, after Uruguay and Fiji, and the first African country, to ratify the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) , a year …
ILO: Resolution concerning maritime labour issues and the COVID-19 pandemic
ILO Governing Body calls for urgent action on seafarer COVID-19 crisis: “The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization has taken the exceptional action of adopting a Resolution to address …
UN urges countries to designate ship crews as ‘key workers’
With the coronavirus pandemic stranding nearly 400,000 merchant seamen at sea, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday urging all nations to designate those working on ships as “key …
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From a ‘Moral Commentator’ to a ‘Determined Actor’? How the International Labour Organization (ILO) Orchestrates the Field of International Industrial Relations
“Collective action on the part of the International Labour Organization (ILO) has always been dependent on the ability of the International Labour Office, the permanent secretariat of the ILO, to …