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Good afternoon,
Please find attached a letter from Commissioner Schmit on ILO-C190 for appropriate transmission.
Best regards,
Isabelle Stassart
Isabelle Stassart
Cabinet of Nicolas Schmit
Commissioner for Jobs & Social Rights
European Commission
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Peep Peterson
Tervise- ja tööminister 19.01.2023
nr 10.1-13/41-1
Sotsiaalministeerium
Signe Riisalo
Sotsiaalkaitseminister
Sotsiaalministeerium
Austatud ministrid
Edastame teile Euroopa Komisjoni voliniku Nicolas Schmiti 18.01.2023 kirja nr Ares(2022)
9708679 (International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190 on Violence and
Harassment).
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Ares (2022) 9708679
Dear Minister,
I would like to bring to your attention the Commission proposal for a Council Decision
authorising Member States to ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Convention 190 on Violence and Harassment.
Convention 190 is the first international instrument addressing violence and
harassment in the world of work and the European Union and its Member States were
instrumental in ensuring that this Convention could be adopted at the International
Labour Conference in 2019. This was a great example of the excellent, smooth
cooperation we have at the International Labour Organization (ILO) which allows us to
shape international labour standards.
So far, the Council has adopted no less than seven Council decisions authorising
Member States to ratify previous ILO instruments.1 In line with this practice, the
Commission proposed a Council Decision authorising Member States to ratify, in the
interest of the European Union, the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No.
190) of the International Labour Organization on 22 January 2020.2
1 These are Council Decision on ILO Conventions 170, 185, 188, 189, the Maritime Labour
Convention 2006, and two Council Decisions on the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour
Convention 1930.
2 COM(2020) 24 final
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Ms Signe Riisalo
Minister of Social Protection
Estonia
I very much regret that since then, we found ourselves in an institutional deadlock that
has little to do with the substance of this file and that is very difficult to explain to the
other members of ILO.
It is particularly regrettable, since we agree that fighting violence and harassment at the
work place is our common goal, to which the Union has already committed by adopting
Union measures on non-discrimination and occupational safety and health. Convention
190 thus falls under competences that have been exercised internally by the EU.
Therefore, adopting the Council Decision is the only way to enable Member States to
ratify Convention 190. Failure to adopt this proposal would not allow Member States to
act on an individual basis and ratify Convention 190 as this would infringe on the
Union’s competence.
I know that many Member States are ready to move ahead and ratify ILO Convention
190. Therefore, I am pleading with you to take a political decision to free the way for
those Member States that are eager to ratify this Convention.
With this in mind, I look forward to working with you to take the political decision to
adopt as soon as possible the Council Decision authorising Member States to ratify ILO
Convention 190 on Violence and Harassment. This would send a strong signal to the
EU citizens, our social partners, the ILO and the rest of the world that the European
Union is willing to tackle the fundamental issues at the core of the Convention.
Yours sincerely,
Nicolas Schmit