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Colombia: bulletin

Monitoring union rights in Colombia

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China

Sex workers

The ILO and its committees

Labour rights and human rights

Trade unions and confict resolution

Administrative Council

2004 20th Session

2005 21st Session

2006 22nd Session

2007 23rd Session

2008 24th Session

London meeting: Gibraltar / Moroccan workers

On 9 June ICTUR and Unite are holding a meeting to raise support for Moroccan migrant workers who are long term residents of Gibraltar and yet are denied several key rights, including the right to vote. Read more...

ICTUR Administrative Council meeting, June 2009

The 25th Session of the ICTUR Administrative Council will take place in Geneva on 13 June. Read more...

Gibraltar: Disgrace on the Rock

In February 2009 an ICTUR delegation were shocked by the conditions in which Moroccan workers were living in Gibraltar, and by the disadvantages they faced in respect of access to housing and services, even after spending almost their entire working lives in Gibraltar. Read more...

Colombia: bulletin on trade union rights violations

ICTUR's project to investigate and raise awareness on trade union rights violations in Colombia produces a quarterly bulletin that is distributed worldwide in English and Spanish editions. Read more... or access the latest edition directly (January 2009).

Impunity and trade union rights in Guatemala

On 3 November 2008 ICTUR joined with Amnesty International at their London offices, along with trade union and NGO partners, to hear presentations from Guatemalan trade unionists on the critical situation in their country. Read more...

Legal analysis

At the request of local unions and international partners, ICTUR has prepared legal analysis examining the draft constitution of Ecuador and the draft labour law of Mauritius. Read more...

Mapping unions

ICTUR has recently been commissioned to carry out mapping projects to identify labour organisations and trade unions throughout the world. Read more...

TURCs - legal action centres to defend union rights

Trade Union Rights Centres report ICTUR has created a number of independent organisations known as ''Trade Union Rights Centres'. TURCs connect trade unionists with lawyers, academics and human rights organisations to defend trade union rights and to promote international law. Read more...

Mapping core labour standards - four maps published

A series of four world map wall posters (child labour, forced labour, equality at work and trade union rights) illustrate ratification of ILO conventions and key facts on labour rights worldwide. Designed for union education, campaigning, reference, etc. Read more... Map of trade union rights

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About ICTUR

ICTUR was established in 1987 to defend and extend the rights of trade unions and trade unionists and to increase awareness of trade union rights and their violations.

Since that time it has established a global network of trade unionists, NGOs, lawyers and academics. Read more...

International Officers

President:
Sharan Burrow

Vice Presidents:
Mordy Bromberg SC
Dr Fathi El-Fadl
Prof. Keith Ewing
Prof. John Hendy QC
Jeffrey Sack QC
Jitendra Sharma
Hassan Sunmonu

Publications

Trade Union Rights Centres (report)

International Union Rights (journal)

Trade Unions of the World (reference book)

Organising migrant workers in trade unions

World maps on labour rights

Trade union rights in China

The Global Workplace

Trade union rights for the new millennium

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