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International Labour Organisation: some recent developments in the supervisory machinery*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

O.G. de Vries Reilingh
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Section B: Notes and Comments
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Netherlands Yearbook of International Law , Volume 4 , December 1973 , pp. 273 - 285
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Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press 1973

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1. At the end of the fifty-eighth session of the International Labour Conference held in June 1973 the number of conventions reached a total of 138, while the number of recommendations rose to a total of 146. At the same time the total number of conventions ratified by the 123 member States amounted to nearly 4,000.

2. A more complete description of the functioning of the Committee of Experts is to be found in: Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-sixth session, Geneva 1971, pp. 5–8. The functioníng of the Conference Committe is to be found in its reports to International labour Conferences. See for example: Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, International Labour Conference – Provisional Record, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, pp. 27/1 - 27/65.

3. Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations – International Labour Conference, Provisional Record, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, p. 27/6.

4. After a firm promise to adapt its labour legislation as soon as possible to convention no. 29 on forced labour, Tanzania was finally not included in the special list.

Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations – International Labour Conference, Provisional Record, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, pp. 27/42 - 27/43.

5. Ibid., p. 27/6.

6. Ibid., p. 27/4 - 27/5.

7. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III - Part IV) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-first Session, Geneva 1967, p. 12.

8. Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations-International Labour Conference, Record of Proceedings, Fifty-first Session, Geneva 1967, pp. 646–647.

9. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-second Session, Geneva 1968, pp. 6–7.

10. Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations – International Labour Conference, Record of Proceedings, Fifty-second Session, Geneva 1968, p. 585.

11. Report of Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations – International Labour Conference, Record of Proceedings, Fifty-seventh Session, Geneva 1972, pp. 467–468.

12. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, p. 16.

13. Ibid., pp. 16–17.

14. Ibid., pp. 14 and 15.

15. See my note: “International Labour Organisation: The U.S. decision to cut Financial Contributions”, 2 N.Y.I.L. (1971) pp. 91–97Google Scholar. The recent fluctuations in monetary exchange rates have also contributed to the difficult financial situation of the ILO.

16. Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations – International Labour Conference, Provisional Record, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, p. 27/4.

17. Ibid., p. 27/4.

18. An example of this roundabout method seemed to be the case of Portugal in 1972 with regard to the application of convention no. 111 concerning Discrimination (Employment and Occupation). 1958. While most of the members of the Conference Committee concurred with the opinion of the Committee of Experts that the convention was not fully applied in Angola and Mozambique, the Conference Committee decided by a majority vote not to put Portugal on the special list under criterion 7 and to suspend its consideration of the case to make the direct contacts possible, suggested by the Committee of Experts and requested by the Portuguese government during the discussion. In 1973 the Conference Committee noted however that no such direct contacts had been initiated, while it is as a rule that a request for direct contact must be confirmed in writing to the Director-General of the ILO and no written request had been received. Having refused to take part in the discussion concerning its case, Portugal was therefore put on the special list under criterion 6.

Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations – International Labour Conference, Record of Proceedings, Fifty-seventh Session, Geneva 1972, pp. 497–499. Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations – International Labour Conference, Provisional Record, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, pp. 27/48.

19. Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations-International Labour Conference, Provisional Record, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, p. 27/4.

20. International Labour Conference – Record of Proceedings, Fifty-sixth Session, Geneva 1971, p. 807.

21. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4 A). – International Labour Conference, Fifty-seventh Session, Geneva 1972, pp. 10–25.

Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations – International Labour Conference, Fifty-seventh Session, Geneva 1972, pp. 468–469.

22. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, p. 19.

23. Ibid., p. 19–20.

24. Ibid., p. 20–21.

These are the conventions nos. 2, 9, 26, 82, 84, 88, 99, 101, 109, 110, 117, 131.

25. Ibid., p. 21.

This group of conventions is composed of those specifying that the competent authorities must collaborate with employers' and workers' organisations as regards the application of all relevant legislation or of the convention (convention nos. 20, 68, 92, 115, 126, 133), or as regards continuing promotional measures required under the convention (convention nos. 100, 111, 122), or that collaboration should be sought on a more limited basis (convention nos. 13, 81, 110, 129).

26. Report of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations – International Labour Conference, Provisional Record, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, pp. 27/4 - 27/5.

27. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-sixth Session, Geneva 1971, p. 24.

28. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-seventh Session, Geneva 1972, p. 18.

29. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, p. 19.

30. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-seventh Session, Geneva 1972, pp. 18–19.

31. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, p. 19.

32. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-sixth Session, Geneva 1971, p. 13.

33. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A), International Labour Conference, Fifty-seventh Session, Geneva 1972, p. 8.

34. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III – Part 4A) – International Labour Conference, Fifty-eighth Session, Geneva 1973, p. 18.

35. Ibid., pp. 27–29.