Key ILO bodies and documents

Information resources and publications

Documents available in the ILOLEX database

Also available through ILO offices and depository libraries

Conventions - html

Recommendations - html

ILO Constitution - html

Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

Reports of the Committee of Experts since 1932 – Links to pdf documents

Annual report containing:

- General Report: comments on member States' compliance with reporting obligations, cases of progress, and the relationship between international labour standards and the multilateral system -
(Report III (Part 1A)) - html

- Observations: comments on the application of conventions in ratifying states - (Report III (Part 1A)) - pdf - html

- General Survey: examination of law and practice in a particular subject area, in member states that have or have not ratified relevant conventions - (Report III (Part 1B)) – pdf - html

Information document on ratifications and standards-related activities - (Report III (Part 2)) (2009) – pdf

Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards

Records of Proceedings of the International Labour Conference since 1919 – Links to pdf documents

Report containing:

- General Report - html
- Observations and information concerning particular countries - html

Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: Extract from the Record of Proceedings (ILC 2009) – PDF 8313 KB

(Available in the Provisional Record of the International Labour Conference and published in the Record of Proceedings of the International Labour Conference)

Report of Committee on Freedom of Association - html

Published three times a year as a Governing Body document and in the ILO's Official Bulletin.
Also available in the LibSynd database - html

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

Published in Governing Body documents.

Reports of Commissions of Inquiry (art. 26) – List

Published in Governing Body documents and in the Official Bulletin.

Further documents

Also available through ILO offices and depository libraries

  • Governing Body documents - html
    Including documents of the Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards
    Minutes of the GB since 1919     – Links to pdf documents

  • International Labour Conference documents - html
    Including preparatory reports for the adoption of conventions and recommendations
    Re    solutions adopted at the ILC since 1919 – Links to pdf documents

  • Documents under the Follow-up to the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work - html