2011

1. Kiribati ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

   01 November 2011

   Kiribati is the second country from the Pacific region, after Marshall Islands, to ratify the landmark Convention.

2. 

   Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: Extracts from the Record of Proceedings (ILC 2011)

   18 October 2011

   The Conference Committee on the Application of Standards, a standing tripartite body of the International Labour Conference and an essential component of the ILO’s supervisory system, examines each year the report published by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. Following the technical and independent scrutiny of government reports carried out by the Committee of Experts, the Conference Committee provides the opportunity for the representatives of governments, employers and workers to examine jointly the manner in which States fulfil their obligations deriving from Conventions and Recommendations. The Officers of the Committee also prepare a list of observations contained in the report of the Committee of Experts on which it would appear desirable to invite governments to provide information to the Conference Committee, which examines over 20 individual cases every year.

3. 

   Luxembourg ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) and the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185)

   20 September 2011

   Luxembourg becomes the fifth EU member State, after Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain and Latvia, to ratify the MLC, 2006 and the 22nd member to ratify Convention No. 185.

4. Antigua and Barbuda ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

   12 August 2011

   Antigua and Barbuda is the third Caribbean country, after the Bahamas and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

5. 

   Denmark ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

   23 June 2011

   Denmark becomes the third EU member state, after Spain and Bulgaria, to ratify the landmark Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

6. 360th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (June 2011)

   17 June 2011

   Governing Body, 311th Session, GB.311/4/1, June 2011

7. 361st Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (June 2011)

   17 June 2011

   Governing Body, 311th Session, GB.311/4/2, June 2011

8. 2011 Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards

   16 June 2011

   International Labour Conference, 100th Session, Geneva, 2011

9. 

   100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards

   16 June 2011

   The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.

10. 

    Singapore, First Asian country to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

    15 June 2011

    Singapore has ratified the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) with the full support of tripartite partners – the seafarer unions and the National Trades Union Congress, as well as the maritime industry and the Singapore National Employers Federation.