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Click to expand Image Protestors marching to demand the end of femicide and violence against women in Paris, France, November 23, 2019. 2019 Christian Hartmann/Reuters In a long overdue step, on September 18, the Council of the European Union finally adopted a draft decision calling on EU member states to ratify the International Labour Organization's Violence and Harassment Convention (ILO C190). States should not further delay doing so. Adopted in 2019, the groundbreaking treaty lays out international legal standards for preventing and responding to violence and harassment in the world of work. It requires governments to ensure comprehensive national laws against harassment and violence at work - including prevention measures, complaints mechanisms, monitoring, enforcement, and support for survivors - and laws obligating employers to maintain workplace policies against violence and harassment. The treaty covers workers, trainees, former employees, job seekers, and job applicants

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