INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS standard on indigenous and tribal peoples was revised and a new one was adopted in 1989. It is the responsibility of governments to ensure that ILO standards are applied in both law and practice; employers and workers play a key role in this process, as do NGOs. However, the main responsibility for fulfilling international obligations rests with the government concerned. 3. Classification of international labour standards LO Conventions and Recommendations can be divided into a number of categories, and these are set out below: • Conditions of work; • Employment (in general); • Employment of children; • Employment of women; • Fundamental human rights (including those of minorities); • Indigenous and tribal peoples; • Industrial relations; • Labour administration; • Migrant workers; • Older workers; • Other special categories of workers (dockworkers, hotel and catering staff, fishers, inland navigation, plantation workers, seafarers, tenants and share-croppers);9 • Social policy; • Social security. I This Handbook focuses on the fundamental ILO Conventions, and the Conventions relating to indigenous and tribal peoples as being the most relevant to minorities and indigenous peoples. However, it is important to note that international labour standards are inter-related and complement one another. THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION: A HANDBOOK FOR MINORITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 9