ILO Research Guides: International labour migration: International Labour Standards

ILO Conventions

Migrant-specific ILO instruments

Selected Conventions containing specific provisions on migrant workers

C019 Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19)
C088 Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88)
C102 Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102)
C110 Plantations Convention, 1958 (No. 110)
- P110 - Protocol of 1982 to the Plantations Convention, 1958
C118 Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118)
C157 Maintenance of Social Security Rights Convention, 1982 (No. 157)
C181 Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
C189 Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

Migrant-specific ILO instruments

Selected Conventions and Recommendations containing specific provisions on migrant workers

R100 Protection of Migrant Workers (Underdeveloped Countries) Recommendation, 1955 (No. 100)
R200 HIV and AIDS Recommendation, 2010 (No. 200)
R201 Domestic Workers Recommendation, 2011 (No. 201)

International labour standards are backed by a supervisory system that helps to ensure that countries implement conventions that they ratify. The ILO regularly examines the application of standards in member States. To search comments by the supervisory bodies, open Search comments by the supervisory bodies in Normlex (> Browse comments by > CHOOSE SUBJECT OR CONVENTION or TRY AN ADVANCED SEARCH > Select Find).