Knowra International Labour Organization International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization is a United Nations agency founded in 1919 that sets international labour standards and promotes decent work, social justice, and workers’ rights.
International Labour Conference : The International Labour Organization’s annual conference, where governments, employers, and workers debate and adopt labour standards. Its tripartite delegates negotiate and adopt the conventions and recommendations central to the ILO’s work.
Treaty of Versailles : The 1919 peace treaty that ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers after World War I. Its Part XIII established the ILO as part of the postwar settlement.
Decent work : The goal of productive employment with fair income, rights at work, social protection, and social dialogue. The ILO uses this framework to connect employment, rights, protection, and dialogue in policy.
Nobel Peace Prize : An annual international award recognizing contributions to peace, established by the will of Alfred Nobel. The ILO received the 1969 prize for advancing social justice and peaceful cooperation among nations.
World Trade Organization : An international organization that sets rules for trade between its member economies. Unlike the ILO, it governs trade rules rather than adopting labour standards through tripartite deliberation.
International Labour Standards : Treaties and recommendations adopted internationally to guide labour rights, working conditions, and employment policy. These conventions and recommendations are the ILO’s principal instruments for setting shared rules.
Paris Peace Conference : The 1919 conference at which the victorious Allied Powers negotiated postwar treaties and the international order. Delegates at the conference developed the proposal for an international labour organization.
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work : The ILO’s declaration of core principles concerning freedom of association, forced labour, child labour, discrimination, and safe work. This declaration identifies basic workplace rights the ILO promotes across its member states.
ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work : A 1998 declaration committing ILO member states to respect core labour principles, even without ratifying related conventions. It broadened the organization’s reach by affirming fundamental principles as obligations of membership.
United Nations Human Rights Council : A United Nations intergovernmental body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide. It addresses human rights broadly, while the ILO specializes in labour standards and workplace rights.
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