International Labour Conference delegates

ILO adopts the Forced Labour Convention

📅 28 June 1930

Convention No. 29 required ratifying states to suppress forced or compulsory labor, but permitted exceptions including some colonial public works. The colonial exception exposes how international...

ILO adopts Recommendation No. 193 on promotion of cooperatives

📅 20 June 2002

The International Labour Conference adopted Recommendation 193, defining cooperatives as autonomous, voluntary, jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprises. It calls for policies that...