Procedure for the review of international labor standards
What is the working method of the tripartite SRM Working Group? The decisions of this Group are taken by consensus and its consensus recommendations are submitted to the Governing Body for decision and follow-up action. At its first meeting (held in February 2016 at ILO headquarters in Geneva), the SRM Tripartite Working Group produced a report setting out the division of international labor standards into 20 thematic clusters, grouped by strategic objectives of decent work (strategic objectives: employment, social protection, social dialogue and tripartism, fundamental principles and rights at work; and cross-cutting and sectoral objectives). The reports of the SRM Tripartite Working Group are available at the following link: https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/international-labour-standards-policy/lang--en/index.htm
repeal or withdrawal of international 8.5. Procedure for the labor standards39 PROCEDURE FOR THE REPEAL OR WITHDRAWAL OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS
What is the repeal and withdrawal of international labor standards? The repeal or withdrawal of an international labor standard removes that standard from the international legal order when it is considered "obsolete". A Convention or Recommendation is considered to be obsolete "if it is considered that it has lost its purpose or that it no longer makes a useful contribution to the achievement of the objectives of the Organization" (Article 19, paragraph 9, of the Constitution). The procedure for repeal applies to Conventions in force. The withdrawal procedure applies to Conventions not in force or to Recommendations. The same procedural guarantees apply to derogation and withdrawal, which have the same legal effect as a deletion of the standard concerned from the body of international labor standards.
39. This section is based on information in Handbook of procedures relating to international labour Conventions and Recommendations. ILO, 2019, p. 6-7.
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