Other relevant bodies in the United Nations system 79 A different complaints procedure is available under article 26 of the ILO Constitution. Such complaints alleging non-observance by an ILO member State of a ratified convention can be filed by any other member State or delegate to the International Labour Conference. Technical assistance The International Labour Office (the ILO Secretariat) provides technical assistance and advisory services to member States that wish to ratify conventions or to apply them more fully. ILO frequently provides advice in the form of convening national, regional and subregional tripartite seminars on the ratification and application of all the conventions referred to above. Recent technical assistance activities with regard to non-discrimination have focused on strengthening nondiscrimination legislation and its enforcement. ILO also organizes training programmes on nondiscrimination and equality at work, including through its International Training Centre in Turin, Italy. In 2008, in cooperation with the International Trade Union Confederation, ILO supported the development and implementation of action plans aimed at combating racial discrimination and xenophobia in the workplace by trade unions in Brazil, Nepal, Romania and South Africa. The role of NGOs Direct access to ILO and its supervisory machinery occurs through trade unions, employers’ organizations or Governments. Where minority workers are discriminated against or otherwise subject to human rights violations in the context of employment, they should seek to interest either a national or international organization to take up their cause with ILO. Contacts and further information All communications to ILO should be addressed to: International Labour Office International Labour Standards Department 4 route des Morillons CH-1211 Geneva 22 Switzerland Tel.: 41 22 799 62 51 Fax: 41 22 799 63 44 E-mail: normes@ilo.org Website: www.ilo.org The ILOLEX database, on the ILO website, contains the complete texts of all the ILO conventions, in English, French and Spanish, as well as the comments and reports issued by the ILO supervisory bodies. It also contains the ratification status of the eight fundamental ILO conventions.83 L. Swepston, “Labour rights”, in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Guide for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, Margot E. Salomon, ed. (Minority Rights Group International, 2005) elaborates on the protection of minority rights through ILO standards.84 L. Swepston, “Human rights complaint procedures of the International Labor Organization”, in H. Hannum, Guide to International Human Rights Practice, 4th ed. (Transnational/Nijhoff, 2004) provides a detailed description of the ILO complaint procedures (also available from www.ilo.org under “Labour standards”). See www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/index.htm; ratification status is available from www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/docs/ declworld.htm (both accessed 2 December 2012). 83 Available from www.minorityrights.org/?lid=874 (accessed 2 December 2012). 84