ILO's Convention 190: Combating Violence And Harassment In The Workplace

Convention 190 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) is the first international treaty specifically addressing violence and harassment. It was adopted in 2019 and entered into effect in 2021. The Convention defines violence and harassment as "a range of unacceptable behaviors and practices, or make threats of such behaviors and practices, whether such are performed as a single occurrence or repeated, that aim at, result in, or are likely to result in physical, psychological, sexual, or economic harm, and includes gender-based violence and harassment." The Convention defines gender-based violence and harassment as "violence and harassment directed against persons due to their sex or gender or affecting persons of a particular sex or gender disproportionately and includes sexual harassment." It will be up to the Mexican government to describe violence and harassment as a single concept or treat them separately in its domestic legislation.