Title: The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its follow up: a new promotional and monitoring tool
1The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and
Rights at Workand its follow up a new
promotional and monitoring tool
2The Declaration its origin and rationale
- Copenhagen Social Summit, 1995
- Eliminating poverty and attaining sustainable
and equitable growth are dependent on the
creation of jobs and the observance and promotion
of the core labor standards - WTO Ministerial Meeting in Singapore, 1996
- Renewed commitment to the observance of
internationally- recognized core labor standards
and recognition of ILOs mandate in this area - 1998, adoption of the Declaration
- a new promotional instrument to further social
justice and link social progress to economic
growth
3The Declaration scope and content
- All ILO Member States have an obligation to
- respect,
- promote
- and realize
- fundamental principles and rights at work
4FPRWs which principles and rights are we talking
about?
- Freedom of association/effective recognition of
the the right to collective bargaining - The elimination of forced labour
- The abolition of child labour
- The elimination of discrimination in employment
and occupation
5Fundamental principles and rights at work and
the core labour standards
- Freedom of association and collective bargaining
(C. 87 and C.98) - Elimination of forced labour (C. 29 and C. 105)
- Abolition of child Labour (C. 138 and C. 182)
- Elimination of discrimination (C. 100 and C.
111)
6FPRWs what is so fundamental about them?
- They are enabling rights
- They have received unanimous and universal
acceptance - Their realisation is not dependent upon the stage
of socio-economic development
7The Declaration and its follow-up main features
- Reaffirms ILO Constitutional values not open to
ratification - It is not to be used for protectionist purposes
- Reciprocal obligations (Member States/ILO)
- Follow-up mechanism separate from established
ILO supervisory mechanisms and does not duplicate
it
8The Declaration and its follow-up
Technical cooperation
Advocacy
9The follow-up Annual reviews and Global Reports
- Annual reviews
- Scope only non-ratifiers
- Focus each year all categories of FPRWs
- Goals
- identify obstacles or progress in respect of the
realisation of the FPRWs - Creates a baseline
- Detect and prioritize the type of technical
assistance required to address dentified hurdles - IDEA
- Discussed by the Governing Body in March
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10The follow-up Global Reports and Annual reviews
- Global Reports
- Scope all member countries
- Focus each year a different category of FPRWs
in a four-year cycle - Goals
- Provide a dynamic and global picture
- Serve as a basis for assessing the effectiveness
of ILOs action - Provide a basis for determining future
priorities (4-year follow-up action) - Discussed by the ILO Conference (ILC) in June
- Follow-up action discussed by the ILO Governing
Body in November
11Roles under the Follow-up
- The procedure assigns roles to
- The International Labour Office
- ILO Member States and
- Social Partners of the ILO
12Roles under the Follow-up
- The International Labour Office
- promotes the Declaration and its follow-up
- compiles annual reports and draws up global
reports - designs, launch, monitors and evaluate TC
activities and - carries out promotional activities building upon
findings and lessons of AR s, GRs and TC
activities
13Roles under the Follow-up
- ILO Member States
- respect, promote and realize the fundamental
principles and rights in the Declaration - submit an annual report if a fundamental
Convention is not yet ratified - participate in discussion of Annual Reviews and
Global Reports - Participate in the design and implementation of
TC activities
14Roles under the Follow-up
- Social Partners of the ILO
- Receive copies of annual reports from Governments
- Comment on these reports
- Engage in discussion of Annual Reviews
- Engage in discussion of the Global Reports at the
ILC - Participate in TC activities ensuing from ARs and
GRs
15What is the value added of the Declaration?
- A new, complementary and promotional instrument
to promote the respect and realisation of FPRWs - Ensures enhanced knowledge of the state of
affairs of each category of FPRWs in all member
states - Strenghtens ILOs commitment and action on the
promotion and realization of FPRWs - Instrumental in raising the number of
ratifications
16Challenges ahead
- Showing/documenting the positive impact of FPRWs
on social progress and economic growth, as well
as the costs associated with non-observance
of FPRWs - impacting on the media
- impacting on the International Financial
Institutions