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ILO Supervisory Machinery and Bodies Mechanisms
January 2017
In addition to the regular reporting procedures, the ILO Supervisory machinery includes a number of complaints or grievance mechanisms to deal with allegations of a breach of specific Conventions, in this connection, there are also representation and complaints procedures, as well as special freedom of association procedures. Individual communications are not addressed, but workers’ and employers’ organizations have an important role in each of the supervisory processes. The document includes the various mechanisms.
The ILO supervisory machinery and the UN human rights mechanisms reinforce and complement each other.