Anläßlich des 75jährigen Bestehens der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation (ILO) organisierte das Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht München in Zusammenarbeit mit der Evangelischen Akademie in Tutzing im November 1994 ein Kolloquium, dessen Beiträge in leicht überarbeiteter Form abgedruckt sind. In der Abschlußanalyse (A. Nußberger) werden die Ergebnisse der Papiere und die Diskussion zusammengefaßt und ausgewertet. Inhalt: I. Standard-Setting Activities in the Field of Social and Labour Law: Héctor G. Bartolomei de la Cruz: International Labour Law: Renewal or Decline? (19-42); Theo Öhlinger: Standard-Setting Activities by Regional Institutions, Taking the Council of Europe as an Example: The European Social Charter (43-57); Manfred Zuleeg: Social Rights in the European Community (59-68). II. Law-Making, Enforcement, Supervision: Mechanisms Provided by International Law: Bruno Simma / Markus Zöckler: Social Protection by International Law: Law-Making by Universal Organizations (Especially the United Nations) (69-85); Rüdiger Wolfrum: Obligations Under Public International Law to Implement International Rules: Mechanisms to Monitor such Implementation (87-104); Budislav Vukas: The Diverse Supervisory Procedures in a Comparison (105-132). III. International Standards and National Law: Jürgen von Muralt: The Role of Technical Cooperation in the Promotion of International Labour Standards (131-142); Rolf Schuler: The Consideration of International Standards in National Legal Practice (Administration and Court Decisions) (143-170); Ludwik Florek: The Significance of International Labour Standards to the Transformation Process in Poland (171-185). IV. Panel Discussion: Is There a Need for the Further Development of Existing Protection Standards in the Field of Social Security? (Examined in the Light of Convention No. 102 Concerning Minimum Standards of Social Security): Bernd von Maydell: Introduced by (187-189); Héctor G. Bartolomei de la Cruz: International Labour Organization (190-192); Wilhelm Adamy: Confederation of German Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund) (193-199); Christian Hess: Confederation of German Employers' Associations (200-202); Gisbert Brinkmann: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung) (203-207); Wolfgang Ohndorf: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (208-210). V. Summary of Discussions: Angelika Nußberger: Is the International Labour Organization in a State of Transition? (211-244).