Article 1
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4 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation may also admit Members
to the Organisation by a vote concurred in by two-thirds of the delegates attending
the session, including two-thirds of the Government delegates present and voting.
Such admission shall take effect on the communication to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office by the government of the new Member of its formal acceptance
of the obligations of the Constitution of the Organisation.
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5 No Member of the International Labour Organisation may withdraw from the Organisation
without giving notice of its intention so to do to the Director-General of the International
Labour Office. Such notice shall take effect two years after the date of its reception
by the Director-General, subject to the Member having at that time fulfilled all financial
obligations arising out of its membership. When a Member has ratified any international
labour Convention, such withdrawal shall not affect the continued validity for the
period provided for in the Convention of all obligations arising thereunder or relating
thereto.
The permanent organisation shall consist of -
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(a) a General Conference of representatives of the Members;
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(b) a Governing Body composed as described in article 7; and
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(c) an International Labour Office controlled by the Governing Body.
Article 3
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1 The meetings of the General Conference of representatives of the Members shall be
held from time to time as occasion may require, and at least once in every year. It
shall be composed of four representatives of each of the Members, of whom two shall
be Government delegates and the two others shall be delegates representing respectively
the employers and the workpeople of each of the Members.
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2 Each delegate may be accompanied by advisers, who shall not exceed two in number for
each item on the agenda of the meeting. When questions specially affecting women are
to be considered by the Conference, one at least of the advisers should be a woman.
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5 The Members undertake to nominate non-Government delegates and advisers chosen in
agreement with the industrial organisations, if such organisations exist, which are
most representative of employers or workpeople, as the case may be, in their respective
countries.
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7 A delegate may by notice in writing addressed to the President appoint one of his
advisers to act as his deputy, and the adviser, while so acting, shall be allowed
to speak and vote.
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9 The credentials of delegates and their advisers shall be subject to scrutiny by the
Conference, which may, by two-thirds of the votes cast by the delegates present, refuse
to admit any delegate or adviser whom it deems not to have been nominated in accordance
with this article.
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2 If one of the Members fails to nominate one of the non-Government delegates whom it
is entitled to nominate, the other non-Government delegate shall be allowed to sit
and speak at the Conference, but not to vote.
The meetings of the Conference shall, subject to any decisions which may have been
taken by the Conference itself at a previous meeting, be held at such place as may
be decided by the Governing Body.
Article 6
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Any change in the seat of the International Labour Office shall be decided by the
Conference by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast by the delegates present.
Article 7
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1 The Governing Body shall consist of fifty-six persons -
Twenty-eight representing governments,
Fourteen representing the employers, and
Fourteen representing the workers.
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2 Of the twenty-eight persons representing governments, ten shall be appointed by the
Members of chief industrial importance, and eighteen shall be appointed by the Members
selected for that purpose by the Government delegates to the Conference, excluding
the delegates of the ten Members mentioned above.
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3 The Governing Body shall as occasion requires determine which are the Members of the
Organisation of chief industrial importance and shall make rules to ensure that all
questions relating to the selection of the Members of chief industrial importance
are considered by an impartial committee before being decided by the Governing Body.
Any appeal made by a Member from the declaration of the Governing Body as to which
are the Members of chief industrial importance shall be decided by the Conference,
but an appeal to the Conference shall not suspend the application of the declaration
until such time as the Conference decides the appeal.
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7 The Governing Body shall, from time to time, elect from its number a chairman and
two vice-chairmen, of whom one shall be a person representing a government, one a
person representing the employers, and one a person representing the workers.
Article 8
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1 There shall be a Director-General of the International Labour Office, who shall be
appointed by the Governing Body, and, subject to the instructions of the Governing
Body, shall be responsible for the efficient conduct of the International Labour Office
and for such other duties as may be assigned to him.
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4 The responsibilities of the Director-General and the staff shall be exclusively international
in character. In the performance of their duties, the Director-General and the staff
shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority
external to the Organisation. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect
on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organisation.
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1 The functions of the International Labour Office shall include the collection and
distribution of information on all subjects relating to the international adjustment
of conditions of industrial life and labour, and particularly the examination of subjects
which it is proposed to bring before the Conference with a view to the conclusion
of international Conventions, and the conduct of such special investigations as may
be ordered by the Conference or by the Governing Body.
The government departments of any of the Members which deal with questions of industry
and employment may communicate directly with the Director-General through the representative
of their government on the Governing Body of the International Labour Office or, failing
any such representative, through such other qualified official as the government may
nominate for the purpose.
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3 The International Labour Organisation may make suitable arrangements for such consultation
as it may think desirable with recognised non-governmental international organisations,
including international organisations of employers, workers, agriculturists and co-operators.
Article 13
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4 A Member of the Organisation which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contribution
to the Organisation shall have no vote in the Conference, in the Governing Body, in
any committee, or in the elections of members of the Governing Body, if the amount
of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the
preceding two full years: Provided that the Conference may by a two-thirds majority
of the votes cast by the delegates present permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied
that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member.
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1 The agenda for all meetings of the Conference will be settled by the Governing Body,
which shall consider any suggestion as to the agenda that may be made by the government
of any of the Members or by any representative organisation recognised for the purpose
of article 3, or by any public international organisation.
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2 The Governing Body shall make rules to ensure thorough technical preparation and adequate
consultation of the Members primarily concerned, by means of a preparatory conference
or otherwise, prior to the adoption of a Convention or Recommendation by the Conference.
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1 The Director-General shall act as the Secretary-General of the Conference, and shall
transmit the agenda so as to reach the Members four months before the meeting of the
Conference, and, through them, the non-Government delegates when appointed.
Article 16
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2 Items to which such objection has been made shall not, however, be excluded from the
agenda, if at the Conference a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast by the delegates
present is in favour of considering them.
Article 17
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2 Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Constitution or by the terms of any
Convention or other instrument conferring powers on the Conference or of the financial
and budgetary arrangements adopted in virtue of article 13, all matters shall be decided
by a simple majority of the votes cast by the delegates present.
The Conference may add to any committees which it appoints technical experts without
power to vote.
Article 19
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1 When the Conference has decided on the adoption of proposals with regard to an item
on the agenda, it will rest with the Conference to determine whether these proposals
should take the form: (a) of an international Convention, or (b) of a Recommendation to meet circumstances where the subject, or aspect of it, dealt
with is not considered suitable or appropriate at that time for a Convention.
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2 In either case a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast by the delegates present
shall be necessary on the final vote for the adoption of the Convention or Recommendation,
as the case may be, by the Conference.
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3 In framing any Convention or Recommendation of general application the Conference
shall have due regard to those countries in which climatic conditions, the imperfect
development of industrial organisation, or other special circumstances make the industrial
conditions substantially different and shall suggest the modifications, if any, which
it considers may be required to meet the case of such countries.
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8 In no case shall the adoption of any Convention or Recommendation by the Conference,
or the ratification of any Convention by any Member, be deemed to affect any law,
award, custom or agreement which ensures more favourable conditions to the workers
concerned than those provided for in the Convention or Recommendation.
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9 Acting on a proposal of the Governing Body, the Conference may, by a majority of two-thirds
of the votes cast by the delegates present, abrogate any Convention adopted in accordance
with the provisions of this article if it appears that the Convention has lost its
purpose or that it no longer makes a useful contribution to attaining the objectives
of the Organisation.
Any Convention so ratified shall be communicated by the Director-General of the International
Labour Office to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance
with the provisions of article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations but shall only be binding upon the Members which ratify it.
Each of the Members agrees to make an annual report to the International Labour Office
on the measures which it has taken to give effect to the provisions of Conventions
to which it is a party. These reports shall be made in such form and shall contain
such particulars as the Governing Body may request.
In the event of any representation being made to the International Labour Office by
an industrial association of employers or of workers that any of the Members has failed
to secure in any respect the effective observance within its jurisdiction of any Convention
to which it is a party, the Governing Body may communicate this representation to
the government against which it is made, and may invite that government to make such
statement on the subject as it may think fit.
If no statement is received within a reasonable time from the government in question,
or if the statement when received is not deemed to be satisfactory by the Governing
Body, the latter shall have the right to publish the representation and the statement,
if any, made in reply to it.
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2 The Governing Body may, if it thinks fit, before referring such a complaint to a Commission
of Inquiry, as hereinafter provided for, communicate with the government in question
in the manner described in article 24.
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3 If the Governing Body does not think it necessary to communicate the complaint to
the government in question, or if, when it has made such communication, no statement
in reply has been received within a reasonable time which the Governing Body considers
to be satisfactory, the Governing Body may appoint a Commission of Inquiry to consider
the complaint and to report thereon.
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5 When any matter arising out of article 25 or 26 is being considered by the Governing
Body, the government in question shall, if not already represented thereon, be entitled
to send a representative to take part in the proceedings of the Governing Body while
the matter is under consideration. Adequate notice of the date on which the matter
will be considered shall be given to the government in question.
The Members agree that, in the event of the reference of a complaint to a Commission
of Inquiry under article 26, they will each, whether directly concerned in the complaint
or not, place at the disposal of the Commission all the information in their possession
which bears upon the subject-matter of the complaint.
When the Commission of Inquiry has fully considered the complaint, it shall prepare
a report embodying its findings on all questions of fact relevant to determining the
issue between the parties and containing such recommendations as it may think proper
as to the steps which should be taken to meet the complaint and the time within which
they should be taken.
In the event of any Member failing to take the action required by paragraphs 5 (b) , 6 (b) or 7 (b) (i) of article 19 with regard to a Convention or Recommendation, any other Member
shall be entitled to refer the matter to the Governing Body. In the event of the Governing
Body finding that there has been such a failure, it shall report the matter to the
Conference.
The decision of the International Court of Justice in regard to a complaint or matter
which has been referred to it in pursuance of article 29 shall be final.
The International Court of Justice may affirm, vary or reverse any of the findings
or recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry, if any.
In the event of any Member failing to carry out within the time specified the recommendations,
if any, contained in the report of the Commission of Inquiry, or in the decision of
the International Court of Justice, as the case may be, the Governing Body may recommend
to the Conference such action as it may deem wise and expedient to secure compliance
therewith.
The defaulting government may at any time inform the Governing Body that it has taken
the steps necessary to comply with the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry
or with those in the decision of the International Court of Justice, as the case may
be, and may request it to constitute a Commission of Inquiry to verify its contention.
In this case the provisions of articles 27, 28, 29, 31 and 32 shall apply, and if
the report of the Commission of Inquiry or the decision of the International Court
of Justice is in favour of the defaulting government, the Governing Body shall forthwith
recommend the discontinuance of any action taken in pursuance of article 33.