International Labour Treaties

This publication is a brief guide to the International Labour Conventions that New Zealand has ratified as at 31 August 2001.

The booklet provides a brief account of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the role played by international Labour Conventions and Recommendations.

Summaries are given of each of the Conventions that New Zealand has ratified, together with the names of the agencies that administer them and a brief outline of how New Zealand implements them (including reference to relevant legislation). Some relevant legislation may be omitted, although every attempt has been made to make the list as accurate as possible.

Each entry also shows when New Zealand ratified the Convention and the total number of countries that have ratified it, as at 31 December 2000.

Entries are in numerical order, which is also by date of adoption by the ILO. The Conventions are also listed firstly in numerical order, then by subject matter, and then by relevant statute, in Appendices 1, 2 and 3. Conventions that New Zealand ratified and then subsequently denounced are included in Appendix 4. Appendix 5 contains a list of all ILO Conventions.