Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I. The Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: Composition and functioning -- I. Origins, composition and mandate -- II. Functioning -- III. Developments in the working methods -- Part II. Impact of the work of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards on individual cases of non-compliance with ratified Conventions -- I. Preliminary considerations -- II. Analysis of cases of progress -- Part III. Impact of the work of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards on cases of serious failure to meet reporting obligations -- I. Overview of cases of serious failure to meet constitutional obligations -- II. Analysis of cases of progress -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Individual cases discussed by the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards (1990-2010) -- Appendix 2. Participation of Government representatives in training courses at the Turin Centre (1994-2010) -- Appendix 3.Technical assistance missions focussing on constitutional obligations -- Appendix 4. Decent Work Country Programmes and standards-related elements -- Appendix 5. Individual examinations by the Conference Committee of the member States of which cases were analysed in the present study(1991-2010).