CONVENTIONS AND TRADE AGREEMENTS

Banana-september 1997- WTO Appeal ruling spells reform for EU imports
Aims and structure ofInternational Labour Organization
ILO Convention n. 29: Concerning forced or compulsory labour
ILO Convention n. 87: Concerning freedom of association and protection of the right to organize
ILO Convention n. 98: Concerning the application of the principles of the right to organize and to bargain collectively
ILO Convention n. 100: Concerning equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value
ILO Convention n. 105: Concerning the abolition of forced labour
ILO Convention n. 111: Concerning discrimination in respect of employment and occupation
ILO Convention n. 117: Concerning basic aims and standards of social policy
ILO Convention n. 131: Minimum wage
ILO Convention n. 138: Concerning minimum age for admission to employment
ILO Convention n. 182: Worst forms of Child Labour
The articles for Dignity in Labour contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations
Selected articles about workers' rights in the UN's International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights.
1996 - The convention on work at home is approved (see "ILO convention on homework" )
Banana - november 1996 - The United States' Government denounces the European Union's policy on the import of bananas, to the OMC. Unfortunately, the small Caribbean countries who benefit from the European Union's policy will be unable to defend themselves because they are unable to be represented within the OMC (see "David contre Golia")
july 1996 - OIL proposes a new convention on the most dangerous types of child labour (see document )
International convention on the rights of the child
Complete list of the UN Human Rights Conventions