ILO RESOURCES

• PART I – ILO instruments related to freedom of association and ILO supervisory bodies
• PART II – Further ILO publications and resources
• PART III – List of charts: What to do in specific situations
   

PART I

ILO instruments related to freedom of association and ILO supervisory bodies

Note: Information on International Labour standards can be found in the NORMLEX database.

1. Main ILO Conventions and Recommendations related to freedom of association and collective bargaining

• Convention No. 87 - Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - [ratifications]
• Convention No. 98 - Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 - [ratifications]
• Convention No. 135 - Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 - [ratifications]
• Recommendation No. 143 - Workers' Representatives Recommendation, 1971
• Convention No. 141 - Rural Workers' Organisations Convention, 1975 - [ratifications]
• Recommendation No. 149 - Rural Workers' Organisations Recommendation, 1975
• Convention No. 151 - Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 - [ratifications]
• Recommendation No. 159 - Labour Relations (Public Service) Recommendation, 1978
• Convention No. 154 - Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 - [ratifications]
• Recommendation No. 163 - Collective Bargaining Recommendation, 1981
• Recommendation No. 91 - Collective Agreements Recommendation, 1951

2. Other key instruments

• ILO Constitution
• 2008 Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization
• 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
• Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy

3. ILO supervisory bodies

Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)

• Reports of the Committee of Experts since 1932
• Search in NORMLEX
• General Surveys since 1985
• General Survey on the Fundamental Conventions (2012)
• More information

Conference Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS)

• Reports of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards
• Search in NORMLEX
• More information

Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA)

• Freedom of Association cases 
• Freedom of Association - Compilation of the Decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association
• E-Compilation of the Decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association
• CFA Reports since 1952
• Special procedures for the examination in the International Labour Organization of complaints alleging violations of freedom of association - Annex 1
• More information

Reports of Committees established to examine representations (art. 24)

• Search in NORMLEX 

Reports of Commissions of Inquiry and Complaints (art. 26)

• Search in NORMLEX

PART II

Further ILO publications and resources

• Rules of the Game: an Introduction to the Standard-Related Work of the International Labour Organization, 2018
• The Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference: A dynamic and impact built on decades of dialogue and persuasion, 2011
• Working paper No. 1 "Freedom of association and collective bargaining in export processing zones: Role of the ILO supervisory mechanisms", 2007
• Working Paper No. 2 "Labour relations in the public and para-public sector", 2007 
• Collective Bargaining: ILO standards and the principles of the supervisory bodies, 2000 
• Background document for the Tripartite Meeting on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), in relation to the right to strike and the modalities and practices of strike action at national level (revised) (Geneva, 23–25 February 2015)
• ILO principles concerning the right to strike, 2000
• Freedom of association: A user's guide - Standards, principles and procedures of the International Labour Organization, 2000
• Report I(B): Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work- Freedom of association in practice: Lessons learned, 2008

PART III

List of charts

PDF charts illustrating ILO supervisory processes

• Overview of the steps and care that need to be taken in order to use the CEACR and the CAS in case of regular supervision
• Overview of the regular supervisory process
• Timeline showing the handling of both normal and urgent cases

What to do in specific situations