A45. The ILO website has an MLC, 2006 email address “MLC@ilo.org”. Who answers this email? Can I rely on any answer as a legal opinion?

Responses to questions sent to the MLC@ilo.org email address are prepared by ILO maritime labour standard specialists. However, the ILO cannot comment on individual situations and only general information can be provided. Any answers that are provided through this email address cannot be considered as legal opinions or views of the ILO. Governments or employers’ organizations or workers’ organizations seeking legal opinions must write to the Director of the International Labour Standards Department, ILO. Such opinions can be provided by the ILO upon request and on the understanding that only the International Court of Justice is competent to give authoritative interpretations of international labour Conventions.

General questions about the MLC, 2006