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ILO Standards

The Geneva-based International Labor Organization (ILO), created in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles, has as its agenda the maintenance of social peace and the improvement of working conditions for the world's workers. First among the organization's tools for achieving its aims are international labor standards. Often referred to as the "International Labor Code," these standards have helped form the basis for many social and labor laws in most of the countries that have gained their independence since 1919; that is, most countries in the world. The ILO's mission, as crafted by its founders, was to parallel that of the League of Nations: the League was to keep the physical peace, and the ILO was to keep the social peace by adopting standards that would improve the situation of workers. Following the Russian Revolution, however, the League did not survive, but the ILO did.

The "Declaration of Philadelphia" in 1944, which was a renewed statement of purpose, marked the beginning of the ILO's period of greatest creativity in the adoption of standards- 1948 to 1964. During this time, the ILO addressed freedom of association, equal treatment, abolition of forced labor, minimum wages, treatment of indigenous and tribal peoples, and employment policies, among other issues. These standards have become fundamental to worldwide labor and human rights legislation, as the ILO's body of standards continues to develop. There are presently 175 ILO Conventions and 182 Recommendations setting forth labor standards. The Conventions have received more than 6,000 ratifications, forming an enormous body of international law and setting the social and labor agenda for most countries in the world.

Today, the ILO provides standards on social security systems, protection against occupational hazards and disease, and regulation of working conditions and hours of work. However, not all ILO standards cover "workers' rights"; a significant number provide ...

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ILO Standards. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 05:47, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1704011.html