...The three case studies make clear that it is possible to implement a post facto multi-stakeholder compensation scheme in line with the rights-based standards of ILO Convention No. 121, but that doing so presents a number of challenges. The following conclusions sum up the lessons learned from these compensation efforts, and offer recommendations with different roles for stakeholders from industry, government, and civil society.

Although ILO’s Convention No. 121 provides an internationally recognised standard for delivering compensation to workers and families harmed by garment factory disasters, the Convention was not intended to be applied in such an ad hoc and standalone way. There are many difficulties inherent to the design and implementation of a post facto compensation scheme in accordance with ILO Convention No. 121 that are not easy to overcome. For these reasons, the conclusions and recommendations are divided into two parts: first to explain and emphasise the need for comprehensive national employment insurance schemes, and second to highlight the lessons learned from providing compensation to workers in the absence of such insurance...