R046 - Elimination of Recruiting Recommendation, 1936

[Withdrawn instrument - By decision of the International Labour Conference at its 92nd Session (2004)]

Preamble

The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,

Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Twentieth Session on 4 June 1936, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the progressive elimination of recruiting, which is included in the first item on the agenda of the Session, and

Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation,

adopts this twentieth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred thirty-six, the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Elimination of Recruiting Recommendation, 1936:

The Conference,

Having adopted a Convention concerning the regulation of certain special systems of recruiting workers,

Considering that in addition to the regulation of recruiting of labour it should be a cardinal principle to be followed by the Members of the International Labour Organisation to direct their policy where necessary and desirable towards the progressive elimination of the recruiting of labour and the development of the spontaneous offer of labour,

Recommends that each Member of the International Labour Organisation should take steps to hasten such elimination by--

• (a) improvement of the conditions of labour;
• (b) development of the means of transport;
• (c) promotion of the settlement of workers and their families in the area of employment, where such settlement is the policy of the competent authority;
• (d) facilitating the voluntary movement of labour under administrative supervision and control; and
• (e) the educational development of indigenous peoples and the improvement of their standard of living.