Numerous International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions are also relevant,
particularly the following:
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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.
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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.
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