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This article focuses on the International Labor Organization (ILO). The ILO is an international association founded upon a developing section of the law of nations, the international law of labor, and embodied in a widely and generally accepted treaty, the Treaty of Versailles. Demands for the international protection of labor resulted in a special commission being appointed by the Peace Conference of Paris in 1919 to formulate a program to attain this end. The results of the work of the commission are set forth in Part XIII of the Treaty of Versailles. This section provides that the ILO shall be composed of all Members of the League of Nations, and that the work of ILO shall be carried on by an annual Conference composed of representatives of the Members, a Governing Body composed of representatives of governments, workers and employers, and an International Labor Office to carry on the research and informational work of the ILO. The ILO has been functioning since 1919. The ILO has certain powers, and those members of the Family of Nations who become members assume certain obligations. These obligations are quite limited in character. They include the obligation to participate in the deliberations of the Conference, to receive officially the communications of the International Labor Office.