International Labour Organization facts for kids

Quick facts for kids International Labour Organization Organisation internationale du travail (French)
flag of the ILO
Org type	UN agency
Head	Guy Ryder
Status	Active
Established	1919
Headquarters	Geneva, Switzerland

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is an international organization created in Geneva in 1919 for better for working conditions and standard of living. In 1946, this organization has become a special organization of the United Nations and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969.

The Constitution of the International Labour Organization

The constitution of the International Labour Organization affirms that "universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice." An additional declaration adopted in Philadelphia at the 26th section affirms that "Labour is not a commodity" (I (a)), "Freedom of expression and association are essential to sustained progress" (I (b)), "Poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere" (I (c)), and that "All human beings, irrespective of race, creed or sex, have the right to pursue both their material well-being and their spiritual development in conditions of freedom and dignity, of economic security and equal opportunity". (II (a))

Main purpose of activities

• Freedom of trade union
• Protection from unemployment
• Equal payment for equal work
• Abolishment of forced labour
• Abolishment of child labour
• Abolishment of sweatshop
• Abolishment of work or profession discrimination
• Fair rights of migrant workers
• Decent work for all
• Fair and decent rights of domestic workers

For this purpose, ILO has made 189 Conventions called "International Labour Convention" but many countries do not ratify the Conventions despite its importance.

Other page

• United Nations
• Human rights
• Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers

Other website

Images for kids

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  ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland

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  International Labour Organization flag

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  Samuel Gompers (right) with Albert Thomas, 1918

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  Greenwood, Ernest H. (of the United States – Deputy secretary general of the conference) / Secretary General: Mr. Harold B. Butler (Great Britain) / Deputy Secretaries General: Mr. Ernest H. Greenwood (United States) / Dr. Guido Pardo (Italy) /Legal Adviser: Dr. Manley 0. Hudson (United States) / with staff of the first International Labour Conference, in Washington, D.C., in 1919, in front of the Pan American Union Building

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  Ratifications of 1976 Tripartite Consultation Convention

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  Centre William Rappard, seat of the ILO between 1926-1974, now hosting the WTO

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  ILO office in Santiago, Chile

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  These young boys are among the millions of children in child labour worldwide. They work at a brickyard in Antsirabe, Madagascar.

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  Krychów forced labour camp 1940 (Krowie Bagno)

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  Ratifications of the ILO's 1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, with non-ratifiers shown in red

See also

In Spanish: Organización Internacional del Trabajo para niños