Numerous International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions are also relevant, particularly the following: • • • • • • • • • Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29); Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87); Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98); Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100); Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1975 (No. 105); Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111); Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138); Occupational Health and Safety Convention, 1981 (No. 155); Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries Convention, 1989 (No. 169). The following table shows the number of ratifications12 for a selection of instruments: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Convention on the Rights of the Child Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Convention against Torture and Other Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Statute of the International Criminal Court ILO Convention No. 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize ILO Convention No. 111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) 148 145 162 191 170 130 19 78 141 156 The high number of ratifications is further evidence of the universality of human rights and of the willingness of States to take specific action to guarantee the observance of human rights within their jurisdictions. 12 Status of ratification as of 24 August 2002. This reference is accessible from the home page of the OHCHR web site through “Status of ratification”: http://www.ohchr.org/pdf/report.pdf. The “Status of ratification” of ILO conventions can be found on http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/english/docs/convdisp.htm. The status of ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court can be found at: http://untreaty.un.org/ENGLISH/bible/englishinternetbible/partI/chapterXVIII/treaty10.asp. 17