Publications

• General works on International Labour Standards

  (For further information on these publications, please contact the International Labour Standards Department at infonorm@ilo.org)

  • Rules of the Game: a brief introduction to International Labour Standards - PDF 735 KB
    ILO, 2005
  • Les normes internationales du travail: un patrimoine pour l'avenir. Mélanges en l'honneur de Nicolas Valticos (articles in English and French) - PDF 5 MB (large file)
    ILO, 2004
  • Fundamental rights at work and international labour standards* - PDF 411 KB
    ILO, 2003
  • Guide to international labour standards* - PDF 997 KB
    ILO, 2003
  • International labour standards: A global approach* - PDF 3748 KB
    ILO, 2001, preliminary edition
  • Employers' handbook on ILO standards-related activities
    by A. Wisskirchen, C. Hess, Bureau for Employers' Activities, ILO, 2001
  • Handbook on procedures relating to international labour Conventions and Recommendations* - search via ILOLEX
    ILO, 1998, Rev. 2/1998
  • International labour standards. A workers' education manual
    1998, fourth (revised) edition, Bureau for Workers' Activities
  • International Labour Standards E-library (ILSE CD-ROM)
    Published annually. This CD-ROM contains the above publications marked with *

• Freedom of Association

  • Collective Bargaining: ILO standards and the principles of the supervisory bodies** - PDF 298 KB
    by Bernard Gernigon, Alberto Odero and Horacio Guido, ILO, 2002
  • The Committee of Freedom of Association: Its impact over 50 years** - PDF 230 KB
    by Eric Gravel, Isabelle Duplessis and Bernard Gernigon, OIT, 2002
  • Freedom of association: A user's guide** - PDF 549 KB
    by David Tajgman and Karen Curtis, ILO, 2000
  • ILO principles concerning the right to strike** - PDF 195 KB
    by Bernard Gernigon, Alberto Odero and Horacio Guido, ILO,2000
  • ILO Law on Freedom of Association: Standards and procedures - PDF 535 KB**
    by Alberto Odero and Horacio Guido OIT, 1996
  • Freedom of Association: Digest of decisions and principles of the Freedom of Association Committee of the Governing Body of the ILO** - search via ILOLEX
    ILO, 1996, fourth (revised) edition
  • Electronic Library on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining.
    This CD-Rom includes the publications above-mentioned followed with the symbol **.

• Social Security

  • Standards for the XXIst Century: Social Security - PDF 275 KB
    by Martine Humblet and Rosinda Silva, ILO, 2002

• Seafarers

  • "Current Maritime Labour Law Issues - An Internationally Uniform Identity Document for Seafarers" - PDF 132 KB
    by Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry. First published in the World Maritime University Journal of Maritime Affairs, 2003, Vol. 2, No. 2. Reproduced with permission