Today, the Chilean government announced that it will ratify Convention No. 190, adopted in June 2019 at the International Labor Conference, which addresses violence and harassment in the workplace.
As a result of this announcement, the government will soon send a bill to Congress endorsing the commitment to comply with the standards of ILO Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work.
The Convention requires member states to adopt an inclusive, integrated and gender-sensitive approach to prevent and eliminate violence and harassment in the world of work.
This approach provides for action on prevention, protection, enforcement, remedies and redress, counseling, training and awareness-raising, and takes into account third parties as victims as well as perpetrators.
The State of Chile, once the aforementioned convention has been ratified, shall be subject to the following duties:
- Follow up and control the implementation of legislation.
- Ensure access to remedies and redress, as well as mechanisms and procedures for reporting and dispute resolution.
- Protect the privacy and confidentiality of the people involved.
- Provide for penalties.
- Provide that victims have effective access to mechanisms for claims, assistance, reparation and conflict resolution, with a gender perspective.
Check the text of ILO Convention N°190, in the following link:
https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/es/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C190