Governing Body

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GB.268/LILS/7 268th Session Geneva, March 1997

 

Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards

LILS

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SEVENTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA 

Standard-setting policy: Ratification and promotion
of fundamental ILO Conventions

Appendix

Table of ratification and information concerning the ILO's fundamental Conventions as at 14 February 1997
No.   29 -- Forced Labour Convention, 1930 

No.   87 -- Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 

No.   98 -- Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 

No. 100 -- Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 

No. 105 -- Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 

No. 111 -- Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 

No. 138 -- Minimum Age Convention, 1973 

Explanation of symbols in the table 

X	Convention ratified
¤	Formal ratification process already initiated or shortly to be initiated
O	Steps taken with a view to ratification, without indication of expected date
*	Other (eg. divergencies between the Convention and national legislation; Convention currently being "studied" or "examined"; ratification considered "unnecessary"; ratification to be examined after adoption of a Constitution, a Labour Code, legislation, etc.; discrepancy between the ILO's information and that given by the Government; preliminary consultation with the social partners)
--	No reply, or reply containing no relevant information

 

	Forced labour		Freedom of association		Equal treatment		Minimum  age
	C. 29	C. 105	C. 87	C. 98	C. 100	C. 111	C. 138
Afghanistan	--	X	--	--	X	X	--
Albania	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Algeria	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Angola	X	X	*	X	X	X	*
Antigua and Barbuda	X	X	X	X	¤	X	X
Argentina	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Armenia	*	*	*	*	X	X	*
Australia	X	X	X	X	X	X	*
Austria	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
Azerbaijan	X	*	X	X	X	X	X
Bahamas	X	X	¤	X	*	*	*
Bahrain	X	*	*	*	*	O	*
Bangladesh	X	X	X	X	O	X	O
Barbados	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Belarus	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Belgium	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Belize	X	X	X	X	--	--	--
Benin	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Bolivia	--	X	X	X	X	X	--
Bosnia and Herzegovina	X	--	X	X	X	X	X
Botswana	--	--	O	O	--	--	--
Brazil	X	X	O	X	X	X	O
Bulgaria	X	*	X	X	X	X	X
Burkina Faso	X	¤	X	X	X	X	¤
Burundi	X	X	X	¤	X	X	¤
Cambodia	X	O	O	O	O	O	O
Cameroon	X	X	X	X	X	X	*
Canada	*	X	X	*	X	X	*
Cape Verde	X	X	--	X	X	X	--
Central African Republic	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Chad	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Chile	X	¤	¤	¤	X	X	¤
China	*	*	*	*	X	*	*
Colombia	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
Comoros	X	X	X	X	X	--	--
Congo	X	--	X	--	--	--	--
Costa Rica	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Côte d'Ivoire	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Croatia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Cuba	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Cyprus	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Czech Republic	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
Denmark	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Djibouti	X	X	X	X	X	--	--
Dominica	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Dominican Republic	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
Ecuador	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
Equatorial Guinea	--	--	--	--	X	--	X
Egypt	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
El Salvador	X	X	--	--	--	X	X
Eritrea	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Estonia	X	X	X	X	X	¤	¤
Ethiopia	*	*	X	X	*	X	*
Fiji	X	X	O	X	*	*	*
Finland	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
France	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gabon	X	X	X	X	X	X	*
Gambia(1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Georgia	X	X	O	X	X	X	X
Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ghana	X	X	X	X	X	X	*
Greece	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Grenada	X	X	X	X	X	--	--
Guatemala	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Guinea	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Guinea-Bissau	X	X	¤	X	X	X	*
Guyana	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
Haiti	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Honduras	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hungary	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Iceland	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
India	X	O	*	*	X	X	*
Indonesia	X	--	--	X	X	--	--
Iran, Islamic Republic of	X	X	*	*	X	X	*
Iraq	X	X	O	X	X	X	X
Ireland	X	X	X	X	X	O	X
Israel	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Italy	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Jamaica	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Japan	X	*	X	X	X	*	*
Jordan	X	X	O	X	X	X	O
Kazakstan	O	O	O	O	--	O	--
Kenya	X	X	--	X	--	*	X
Korea, Republic of	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kuwait	X	X	X	*	*	X	*
Kyrgyzstan	X	¤	X	X	X	X	X
Lao People's Democratic Republic	X	O	O	O	O	O	O
Latvia	*	X	X	X	X	X	*
Lebanon	X	X	*	X	X	X	*
Lesotho	X	--	X	X	--	O	--
Liberia	X	X	X	X	--	X	--
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	X	X	--	X	X	X	X
Lithuania	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Luxembourg	X	X	X	X	X	¤	X
Madagascar	X	*	X	¤	X	X	¤
Malawi	--	--	--	X	X	X	--
Malaysia	X	*	--	X	--	*	--
Mali	X	X	X	X	X	X	*
Malta	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mauritania	X	¤	X	O	O	X	O
Mauritius	X	X	*	X	*	*	X
Mexico	X	X	X	*	X	X	*
Moldova, Republic of	--	X	X	X	--	X	O
Mongolia	O	O	X	X	X	X	¤
Morocco	X	X	--	X	X	X	--
Mozambique	*	X	X	X	X	X	*
Myanmar	X	*	X	*	*	*	*
Namibia	*	*	X	X	*	*	*
Nepal	*	*	*	X	X	X	¤
Netherlands	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
New Zealand	X	X	*	*	X	X	*
Nicaragua	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Niger	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Nigeria	X	X	X	X	X	*	¤
Norway	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Oman	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Pakistan	X	X	X	X	*	X	*
Panama	X	X	X	X	X	X	*
Papua New Guinea	X	X	--	X	--	--	--
Paraguay	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Peru	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Philippines	*	X	X	X	X	X	*
Poland	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Portugal	X	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Qatar	*	*	*	*	*	X	*
Romania	X	¤	X	X	X	X	X
Russian Federation	X	*	X	X	X	X	X
Rwanda	O	X	X	X	X	X	X
Saint Lucia	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
San Marino	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sao Tome and Principe	--	--	X	X	X	X	--
Saudi Arabia	X	X	*	*	X	X	*
Senegal	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
Seychelles	X	X	X	--	--	--	--
Sierra Leone	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
Singapore	X	*	*	X	*	*	*
Slovakia	X	*	X	X	X	X	O
Slovenia	X	¤	X	X	X	X	X
Solomon Islands	X	--	--	--	--	--	--
Somalia	X	X	--	--	--	X	--
South Africa	X	X	X	X	O	X	*
Spain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sri Lanka	X	*	X	X	X	O	*
Sudan	X	X	*	X	X	X	*
Suriname	X	X	X	X	*	*	O
Swaziland	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Sweden	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Switzerland	X	X	X	O	X	X	*
Syrian Arab Republic	X	X	X	X	X	X	*
Tajikistan	X	--	X	X	X	X	X
Tanzania, United Republic of	X	X	*	X	*	*	*
Thailand	X	X	*	*	*	*	*
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	X	*	X	X	X	X	X
Togo	X	O	X	X	X	X	X
Trinidad and Tobago	X	X	X	X	*	X	--
Tunisia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Turkey	¤	X	X	X	X	X	¤
Turkmenistan	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Uganda	X	X	*	X	O	O	O
Ukraine	X	--	X	X	X	X	X
United Kingdom	X	X	X	X	X	*	*
United Arab Emirates	X	X	*	*	X	*	¤
United States	*	X	*	*	*	O	*
Uruguay	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Uzbekistan	*	*	*	*	--	*	*
Venezuela	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Viet Nam	*	*	*	*	O	O	O
Yemen	X	X	X	X	X	X	--
Yugoslavia	X	--	X	X	X	X	X
Zaire	X	¤	¤	X	X	¤	¤
Zambia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Zimbabwe	O	O	O	O	X	O	O

¹ New member State.

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