Understanding the procedures and obligations relating to international labour standards

By examining in detail the procedures of the international labour standards (ILS) system, the course contributes to strengthening the capacity to follow them actively and to comply with the standards-related obligations under the ILO Constitution. OBJECTIVES • Understand the ILS procedures • Capacity to participate actively in them CONTENT • ILO background • Standard-setting • Submission to the competent national authorities • Ratification, entry into force and denunciation • Articles 22 and 19 reporting • Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations • Conference Committee on the Application of Standards • Article 24 representations • Article 26 Complaints • Complaints to the Committee on Freedom of Association