Declaration of Philadelphia

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ILO instrument human rights document international declaration labour rights document

The Declaration of Philadelphia is a landmark 1944 statement by the International Labour Organization that reaffirmed and expanded its principles on social justice, human rights, and the centrality of labor to economic and social policy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Declaration of Philadelphia canonical	1
Philadelphia Declaration	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ILO instrument ⓘ human rights document ⓘ international declaration ⓘ labour rights document ⓘ
adoptedAtSession	International Labour Conference ⓘ surface form: 26th Session of the International Labour Conference
adoptedBy	International Labour Conference ⓘ
adoptionDate	10 May 1944 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, United States
aimsTo	guide ILO activities in the post-Second World War period ⓘ
author	International Labour Organization ⓘ
countryOfAdoption	United States of America ⓘ
emphasizes	international economic and social cooperation ⓘ tripartite cooperation between governments, employers and workers ⓘ
expandsOn	original aims and purposes of the ILO ⓘ
focusesOn	adequate protection for workers ⓘ centrality of labour in economic and social life ⓘ equal opportunity ⓘ extension of social security ⓘ freedom of expression and association ⓘ full employment ⓘ non-discrimination in employment ⓘ raising standards of living ⓘ
hasLegalEffect	binding interpretative annex to the ILO Constitution ⓘ
hasTitle	Declaration concerning the aims and purposes of the International Labour Organisation ⓘ
historicalContext	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
influenced	Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ post-war international labour standards ⓘ subsequent ILO declarations on fundamental principles and rights at work ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	annex to the Constitution of the International Labour Organization ⓘ
mainSubject	economic policy ⓘ human rights ⓘ labour rights ⓘ social justice ⓘ social policy ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of the International Labour Organization ⓘ
reaffirms	principles of the ILO Constitution of 1919 ⓘ
recognizes	need for policies to promote employment and living standards ⓘ obligation of the ILO to examine and consider international economic and financial policies ⓘ
setsOut	aims and purposes of the International Labour Organization ⓘ
states	all human beings have the right to pursue both their material well-being and their spiritual development in conditions of freedom and dignity ⓘ freedom of expression and of association are essential to sustained progress ⓘ labour is not a commodity ⓘ poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere ⓘ
typeOfDocument	Declaration of Principles ⓘ surface form: declaration of principles

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of the International Labour Organization → amendedBy → Declaration of Philadelphia ⓘ

ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization → reaffirms → Declaration of Philadelphia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philadelphia Declaration