21. Calls on the Commission to work for the inclusion of social clauses in international treaties, and to do so on the basis of the five International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions considered to be priorities, namely the right to organise, freedom of assembly, and the elimination of child labour, forced labour, and discrimination; calls for the implementation of these social clauses to be backed up by positive measures and incentives for countries and companies to abide by them; calls on the Commission and Council to work to ensure that this matter is again placed on the agenda at the World Trade Organization ministerial confer ...[+++]ence, and that a committee for trade and human rights is created to deal in particular with issues of human rights in the working world;

21. Calls on the Commission to work for the inclusion of social clauses in international treaties, and to do so on the basis of the five International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions considered to be priorities, namely the right to organise, freedom of assembly, and the elimination of child labour, forced labour, and discrimination; calls for the implementation of these social clauses to be backed up by positive measures and incentives for countries and companies to abide by them; calls on the Commission and Council to work to ensure that this matter is again placed on the agenda at the World Trade Organization ministerial confer ...[+++]ence, and that a committee for trade and human rights is created to deal in particular with issues of human rights in the working world;

(20) Whereas the incentives for labour rights may be granted only to countries which request them in writing and provide proof that they apply legislation incorporating the substance of the standards laid down in ILO Conventions No 87 and No 98 concerning the application of the principles of the right to organise and to bargain collectively and ILO convention No 138 concerning the minimum age for admission to employment;

[75] Conventions No. 87 of 9.7.1948 and No. 98 of 1.7.1949 (on, respectively, freedom of association and protection of the right to organise, and application of the right to organise and collective bargaining); No. 29 of 28.6.1930 and No. 105 of 25.6.1957 (abolition of forced labour); No. 111 of 25.6.1958 (discrimination in employment and occupation); No. 100 of 29.6.1951 (principle of equal remuneration and abolition of all discrimination); No. 138 of 26.6.1973 and No. 182 of 17.6.1999 (minimum age and prohibition of the worst forms of child labour).

The Parties acknowledge the necessity of safeguarding the basic rights of workers by taking account of the principles in the relevant International Labour Organisation instruments, including those on the prohibition of forced and child labour, the freedom of association, the right to organise and bargain collectively and the principle of non-discrimination.

1. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to the internationally recognised core labour standards, as defined by the relevant ILO Conventions, and in particular the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, the abolition of forced labour, the elimination of worst forms of child labour and non-discrimination in respect of employment.