World Social Justice Day

After five years of implementation, the PROSPECTS partnership has amassed considerable experience and lessons learned conducting joint programming in forced displacement contexts. An in-depth lessons learned exercise was undertaken and the findings were brought together in form of a detailed report - Responding to forced displacement: Lessons from the International Labour Organization's engagement in the PROSPECTS programme Join us to know more about the ILO PROSPECTS experience and learnings from Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Sudan and Uganda. The report offers a practical, experience-based reflection on what works in supporting host communities and forcibly displaced persons—spanning employment, education and training, and social protection. It highlights cross-cutting themes such as gender, youth, disability inclusion, and digitization and shares insights into building an integrated response under the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus. Watch Responding to fo...

This closing plenary will critically examine the shortcomings of current macroeconomic models in addressing today's fundamental challenges and explore alternative, human-centered approaches to growth and development. It calls for a paradigm shift away from GDP-focused frameworks towards models that prioritize sustainability and equity. Bringing together leading thinkers, this plenary will interrogate the principles underpinning global macroeconomic policy and chart pathways toward a more just and resilient future. Watch Rethinking our economic model for Decent work and Human development (9th Regulating for Decent Work Conference)!

This plenary session of the Regulating for Decent Work Conference explores how labour regulation can be made more impactful and inclusive, reaching those it too often leaves behind. We are delighted to welcome three leading voices in the field: Professor Guy Davidov, Professor Kamala Sankaran (member of the ILO Committee of Experts), and Professor Adelle Blackett (Senior Advisor to the ILO Director-General), who will serve as discussant. This plenary session of the Regulating for Decent Work Conference explores how labour regulation can be made more impactful and inclusive, reaching those it too often leaves behind. We are delighted to welcome three leading voices in the field: Professor Guy Davidov, Professor Kamala Sankaran (member of the ILO Committee of Experts), and Professor Adelle Blackett (Senior Advisor to the ILO Director-General), who will serve as discussant. Professor Davidov will examine how new technologies are reshaping the reach and effectiveness of labour protection...

Held under the auspices of the Global Coalition for Social Justice, this high-level session will explore how normative frameworks—anchored in international labour standards and rights-based economic policies—can drive inclusive and equitable development. Held under the auspices of the Global Coalition for Social Justice, this high-level session will explore how normative frameworks—anchored in international labour standards and rights-based economic policies—can drive inclusive and equitable development. It will highlight two of the Coalition's flagship interventions: the Centre of Excellence on Inequalities, which addresses structural drivers of exclusion and unequal access to rights, and the Human Rights Economy, which promotes dignity, equity, and sustainability through transformative economic approaches. Bringing together senior UN officials, ILO leadership, and leading academic experts, the session will examine how normative frameworks can function as levers for economic and s...

This talk will address the concerns of the Left Behind: the many communities around the world, where decent work is threatened by the combined impact of globalisation and technological advancements. This talk will address the concerns of the Left Behind: the many communities around the world, where decent work is threatened by the combined impact of globalisation and technological advancements. Decent work transcends mere income, it fosters self-respect that comes from performing a meaningful, skill-based employment that contributes to the community. Creating such employment opportunities within an economy is a practical and achievable form of social justice – what Michael Sandel terms Contributive Justice. It also revitalizes and rejuvenates economies harmed by the myth that globalisation leads to universal prosperity. However, not all employment creation efforts are successful. Nostalgic policies attempting to revive obsolete jobs are unlikely to be sustainable, particularly in devel...