Appendix III
Explanatory note concerning the preparation of reports
on ratified Conventions
General reporting arrangements
● The Governing Body of the ILO has adopted a report form for each Convention. You will find
the report forms on the ILO website at the following address: http://www.ilo.org/normes.
● Three year and six-year reporting intervals. Reports on ratified Conventions are due either
every three years for fundamental and governance Conventions,1 or six years for all other
Conventions, unless they are specifically requested out of the regular cycle by the supervisory
bodies.
● Grouping of reports. In order to facilitate the gathering of information by ministries of labour
at the national level, reports on Technical Conventions relating to the same subject matter
are requested simultaneously.
The reports requested maybe detailed or simplified reports.
Detailed reports consist in reports which contain replies to all the points raised in the report form for
the Convention concerned. Your Government should send a detailed report on its own initiative if there
are major changes in the application of a ratified Convention - for instance, major new legislation or other
changes in the way the Convention is applied. Detailed reports are also required in two other cases: (a) if
it is the first report after the ratification of a Convention, and (b) if the Committee of Experts in a footnote
to an observation or a direct request, or the Conference Committee, expressly asks for a detailed report.
Subsequent reports should be in the form of simplified reports. A report form was adopted by the ILO
Governing Body to facilitate the work of the administrations. This form is available on the Standards Web
site at the following address:
https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/WCMS_665186/lang--en/index.htm
As explained in this report form, the information requested for simplified reports relates only to certain
points. Please follow the practical advice contained in this form for the preparation of these reports.
Replies to the comments of the supervisory bodies
The reports detailed or simplified must contain replies to any comments regarding the
application of the Convention in your country which have been addressed to your government
by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations or by the
Conference Committee on the Application of Standards. For ease of reference, the text of the
1 Fundamental Conventions are: Conventions Nos. 29, 87, 98, 100, 105, 111, 138, 155, 182 and 187; Governance Conventions (also designated as priority
Conventions) are: Conventions Nos. 81, 122, 129 and 144.
Detailed or simplified reports