International Union of Forest Research Organizations

Global Trade Union Program International Trade Union Cooperation Core Labour Standards and International Organizations: What Inroads Has Labour Made?

Over its almost ninety years of existence, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has adopted 188 conventions that defi ne international labour standards in a wide variety of areas, such as limits on working time, occupational heath and safety standards, employment policy, and basic working conditions for specifi c categories of workers. For ILO conventions to have legal status and be enfo...

International Union of Pharmacology Nomenclature in Nitric Oxide Research.

Advocacy groups as research organizations: the PXE International example

| Advocacy organizations for genetic diseases are increasingly becoming involved in biomedical research, particularly translational research, in order to meet the needs of the individuals that they serve. PXE International, an advocacy organization for the disease pseudoxanthoma elasticum, provides an example of how research can be accelerated by these groups. It has adopted methods that were p...

Iran’s Foreign Policy Approaches toward International Organizations

Iran’s foreign policy toward international organizations has always oscillated between divergence and convergence, depending on the status of the country in question and the statesmen's point of the view. This study aimed to examine the status of international organizations in Iran’s foreign policy. A divergent approach to international organizations was adopted during 1981-1988 and 2005-2013. ...

International Union of Criminal Law