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REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS: The Geneva Conventions and Public International Law

With sixty years of hindsight, it seems particularly appropriate to reflect on the trajectory of international humanitarian law (IHL) as shaped by the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The near universal acceptance of the Conventions and their secure integration into the international system can sometimes lead us to underestimate the significance of their impact. It is this transformative impact on publ...

The Effect of ILO Minimum Age Conventions on Child Labour and School Attendance

Child labour has always been one of the core concerns of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). In this paper, we investigate whether ILO conventions have contributed to reducing the scale of the problem. We use two approaches to answering the question. Evidence based on country-level data shows that, by 1990, countries having ratified ILO conventions were in no different position concern...

An International Structure for Implementation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions: Needs and Function Analysis

Statistical Commission and International Labour Economic Commission for Europe Organization (ilo) Conference of European Statisticians Joint Ece/ilo Meeting on Consumer Price Indices (geneva, 3-5 November 1999) Quality Assurance in a Consumer Price Index: a Conceptual Framework

The consumer price index (CPI) is an important indicator of inflation in a market economy. It is necessary to regularly monitor and improve the quality of the CPI. Before one can develop a quality assurance system, one has to formulate a conceptual framework for evaluating the quality of consumer price statistics. In this paper various quality aspects of the CPI are presented. These aspects are...

Historical review of the List of Occupational Diseases recommended by the International Labour organization (ILO)

The list of occupational diseases established in the international and national legal system has played important roles in both prevention of and compensation for workers' diseases. This report reviewed the historical development in the ILO list of occupational diseases and suggested implications of the trends. Since the first establishment of the ILO list of occupational diseases in 1925, the ...