BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 21
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Turkmenistan has ratified 10 International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions, ILO told Trend.
The message says that these Conventions include 8 fundamental human rights Conventions of the ILO, which cover freedom of association, non-discrimination and equality, forced labour and child labour.
“In recent years, the Supervisory Bodies of the ILO have raised concerns with regard to the use of forced labour during the cotton harvest,” says the message.
Earlier, a meeting with the participation of Senior International Labour Standards and Labour Law Specialist of the ILO for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Lejo Sibbel, was held at Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As a party to a number of fundamental ILO conventions, Turkmenistan is working hard to ensure decent work, while respecting the norms of gender equality and labor protection, the ministry at the meeting said.
In September 2019, Geneva hosted a ceremony of awarding a document on Turkmenistan’s accession to the Convention concerning tripartite consultations to promote the implementation of international labor standards to Director-General of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder.
Turkmenistan has become the 149th country to ratify this Convention. Turkmenistan has been a member of the ILO since 1994 and has been working to implement international commitments in this area.
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