ILO

Subject: International Organization

Context: India assumed the role of chair of International Labour Organisation body from October 2020.

Concept:

• The ILO was created in 1919 by the Versailles Peace Treaty.
• After the demise of the League of Nations, it became the first specialized agency associated with the UN.
• Its secretariat is in Geneva, Switzerland.
• It has 187 of the 193 UN member states plus the Cook Islands.
• It is responsible for drawing up and over seeing international labour standards.
• It has a tripartite governing structure – representing governments, employers, and workers.
• It publishes Global Wage report.

Eight Core Conventions of the ILO

• Forced Labour Convention (No. 29)
• Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (No.105)
• Equal Remuneration Convention (No.100)
• Discrimination (Employment Occupation) Convention (No.111)
• Minimum Age Convention (No.138)
• Worst forms of Child Labour Convention (No.182)
• Freedom of Association and Protection of Right to Organised Convention (No.87)
• Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (No.98)

Note: India has not ratified Convention No 98 and 87.