printable version | March 2022
- ILO Convention 190 promotes and ensures the enjoyment of the right of every person to a world of work free from violence and harassment.
- The Mexican State ratified the convention on March 15, 2022, which requires legislation that obliges employers to take measures to prevent violence and harassment, including based on gender.
Convention 190 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) promotes and ensures the enjoyment of the right of every person to a world of work free from violence and harassment. The Convention was adopted on June 29, 2019, and entered into force for Member States that have ratified it on June 25, 2021.
Actions under ILO Convention 190
The Convention obliges Member States to conduct awareness-raising campaigns, prohibit violence and harassment, provide avenues for redress and remedy, protect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals, and provide for sanctions and inspection measures.
Likewise, it must be guaranteed that every worker has the right to leave a work situation without suffering reprisals or other undue consequences if he or she has reasonable grounds to consider that it presents a serious and imminent danger to his or her life, health or safety as a result of acts of violence and harassment, with the duty to report this situation to the company management.
Approval of the Mexican State
On March 15, 2022, the Senate of the Republic unanimously approved the ratification of ILO Convention 190 and, consequently, the Federal Executive Branch may initiate the ratification process on behalf of the Mexican State.
This ratification requires legislation requiring employers to take measures to prevent violence and harassment, including gender-based violence, in particular:
- Adopt and implement, in consultation with workers and their representatives, a workplace policy regarding violence and harassment.
- Consider violence and harassment, as well as the associated psychosocial risks, when managing occupational health and safety.
- Identify hazards and assess the risks of violence and harassment, with the participation of workers and their representatives, and take measures to prevent and control such hazards and risks.
- Provide workers and other concerned persons, in an accessible manner, with information and training about the identified hazards and risks of violence and harassment, and about the corresponding prevention and protection measures, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and other concerned persons in relation to the implementation of the policy mentioned in point (a).
The full text of ILO Convention 190 can be consulted directly at the following link: ILO Convention 190.
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