Key ILO bodies and documents

• Documents available in the ILOLEX database

  Also available through ILO offices and depository libraries

  • Conventions
  • Recommendations
  • ILO Constitution
  • Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
    Annual report containing:
    General Report: highlights of the Committee's observations, comments on member states' compliance with reporting obligations (Report III (Part 1A))
    Observations: comments on the application of conventions in ratifying states (Report III (Part 1A))
    General Survey: examination of law and practice in a particular subject area, in member states that have or have not ratified relevant conventions (Report III (Part 1B))
    Information document on ratifications and standards-related activities (Report III (Part 2)).
  • Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards
  • Report containing: General Report, Examination of individual cases
    Available in the Provisional Record of the International Labour Conference and published in the Record of Proceedings of the International Labour Conference.
  • Report of Committee on Freedom of Association
    Published three times a year as a Governing Body document and in the ILO's Official Bulletin.
  • Reports of Committees established to examine representations (art. 24)
    Published in Governing Body documents and in the Official Bulletin.
  • Reports of Commissions of Inquiry (art. 26)
    Published in Governing Body documents and in the Official Bulletin.

• Further documents

  Also available through ILO offices and depository libraries

  • Governing Body documents
    Including documents of the Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards
  • International Labour Conference documents
    Including preparatory reports for the adoption of conventions and recommendations
  • Documents under the Follow-up to the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work