The ILO Declaration of 1998 on fundamental principles and rights: a challenge for the future.

In one of its rare solemn declarations, the International Labour Conference has just reaffirmed, without opposition, the obligation of all ILO member States to adhere to the principles underlying the ILO's fundamental Conventions - freedom of association and the elimination of forced labour, child labour and discrimination in employment. With the aim not of publishment but of promoting respect for fundamental principles and rights at work, the Declaration sets out procedures for follow-up. In fact, a remarkable text to have been adopted in the political context of the late 1990s. The next s