| Conference
Sessions |
Dates
of Conferences |
Conference
Location |
Conventions
and Recommendations |
Date
of Entry into Force of Ratified Conventions |
| First Session |
October 29, 1919-January 27, 1920 |
Washington |
Convention 1 "Convention Limiting the Hours of Work in Industrial Undertakings to Eight in the Day and Forty-eight in the Week |
June 13, 1921 |
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Convention 2 "Convention concerning Unemployment" |
July 14, 1921 |
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Convention 3 "Convention concerning the Employment of Women before and after Chirldbirth" |
June 13, 1921 |
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Convention 4 "Convention concerning Employment of Women during the Night" |
June 13, 1921 |
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Convention 5 "Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Industrial Employment" |
June 13, 1921 |
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Convention 6 "Convention concerning the Night Work of Young Persons Employed in Industry" |
June 13, 1921 |
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Recommendation 1 "Recommendation concerning Unemployment" |
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Recommendation 2 "Recommendation concerning Reciprocity of Treatment of Foreign Workers" |
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Recommendation 3 "Recommendation concerning the Prevention of Anthrax" |
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Recommendation 4 "Recommendation concerning the Protection of Women and Children against Lead Poisoning |
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Recommendation 5 "Recommendation concerning the Establishment of Government Health Services" |
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Recommendation 6 "Recommendation concerning the Application of the Berne Convention of 1906, on the Prohibition of the Use of White Phosphorus in the Manufacture of Matches" |
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| Second Session |
June 15-July 10, 1920 |
Genoa |
Convention 7 "Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Employment at Sea" |
September 27, 1921 |
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Convention 8 "Convention concerning Unemployment Indemnity in Case of Loss or Foundering of the Ship" |
March 16, 1923 |
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Convention 9 "Convention for Establishing Facilities for Finding Employment for Seamen" |
November 23, 1921 |
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Recommendation 7 "Recommendation concerning the Limitation of Hours of Work in the Fishing Industry" |
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Recommendation 8 "Recommendation concerning the Limitation of Hours of Work in Inland Navigation" |
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Recommendation 9 "Recommendation concerning the Establishment of National Seamen's Codes" |
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Recommendation 10 "Recommendation concerning Unemployment Insurance for Seamen" |
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| Third Session |
October 25-November 19, 1921 |
Geneva |
Convention 10 "Convention concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Employment in Agriculture" |
August 31, 1923 |
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Convention 11 "Convention concerning the Rights of Association and Combination of Agricultural Workers" |
May 11, 1923 |
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Convention 12 "Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation in Agriculture" |
February 26, 1923 |
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Convention 13 "Convention concerning the Use of White Lead in Painting" |
August 31, 1923 |
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Convention 14 "Convention concerning the Application of the Weekly Rest in Industrial Undertakings" |
June 19, 1923 |
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Convention 15 "Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for the Admission of Young Persons to Employment as Trimmers or Stokers" |
November 20, 1922 |
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Convention 16 "Convention concerning the Compulsory Medical Examination of Children and Young Persons Employed at Sea" |
November 20, 1922 |
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Recommendation 11 "Recommendation concerning the Prevention of Unemployment in Agriculture" |
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Recommendation 12 "Recommendation concerning the Protection, before and after Childbirth, of Women Wage-Earners in Agriculture" |
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Recommendation 13 "Recommendation concerning Night Work of Women in Agriculture" |
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Recommendation 14 "Recommendation concerning Night Work of Children and Young Persons in Agriculture" |
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Recommendation 15 "Recommendation concerning the Development of Technical Agricultural Education" |
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Recommendation 16 "Recommendation concerning Living-in Conditions of Agricultural Workers" |
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Recommendation 17 "Recommendation concerning Social Insurance in Agriculture" |
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Recommendation 18 "Recommendation concerning the Application of the Weekly Rest in Commercial Establishments" |
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| Fourth Session |
October 18-November 3, 1922 |
Geneva |
Recommendation 19 "Recommendation concerning Communication to the International Labor Office of Statistical and other Information regarding Emigration, Immigration, and the Repatriation and Transit of Emigrants" |
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| Fifth Session |
October 22-29, 1923 |
Geneva |
Recommendation 20 "Recommendation concerning the General Principles for the Organization of Systems of Inspection to Secure the Enforcement of the Laws and Regulations for the Protection of Workers" |
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| Sixth Session |
June 16-July 5, 1924 |
Geneva |
Recommendation 21 "Recommendation concerning the Development of Facilities for the Utilization of Workers' Spare Time" |
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| Seventh Session |
May 19-June 10, 1925 |
Geneva |
Convention 17 "Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation for Accidents" |
April 1, 1927 |
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Convention 18 "Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Diseases" |
April 1, 1927 |
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Convention 19 "Convention concerning Equality of Treatment for National and Foreign Workers as regards Workmen's Compensation for Accidents" |
September 8, 1926 |
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Convention 20 "Convention concerning Night Work in Bakeries" |
May 26, 1928 |
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Recommendation 22 "Recommendation concerning the Minimum Scale of Workmen's Compensation" |
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Recommendation 23 "Recommendation concerning Jurisdiction in Disputes on Workmen's Compensation" |
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Recommendation 24 "Recommendation concerning Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Diseases" |
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Recommendation 25 "Recommendation concerning Equality of Treatment for National and Foreign Workers as regards Workmen's Compensation for Accidents" |
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| Eighth Session |
May 26-June 5, 1926 |
Geneva |
Convention 21 "Convention concerning the Simplification of the Inspection of Emigrants on Board Ship" |
December 29, 1927 |
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Recommendation 26 "Recommendation concerning the Protection of Emigrant Women and Girls on Board Ship" |
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| Ninth Session |
June 7-24, 1926 |
Geneva |
Convention 22 "Convention concerning Seamen's Articles of Agreement" |
April 4, 1928 |
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Convention 23 "Convention concerning the Repatriation of Seamen" |
April 16, 1928 |
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Recommendation 27 "Recommendation concerning the Repatriation of Masters and Apprentices" |
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Recommendation 28 "Recommendation concerning the General Principles for the Inspection of the Conditions of Work of Seamen" |
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| Tenth Session |
May 25-June 16, 1927 |
Geneva |
Convention 24 "Convention concerning Sickness Insurance for Workers in Industry and Commerce and Domestic Servants" |
July 15, 1928 |
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Convention 25 "Convention concerning Sickness Insurance for Agricultural Workers" |
July 15, 1928 |
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Recommendation 29 "Recommendation concerning the General Principles of Sickness Insurance" |
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| Eleventh Session |
May 30-June 16, 1928 |
Geneva |
Convention 26 "Convention concerning the Creation of Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery" |
June 14, 1930 |
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Recommendation 30 "Recommendation concerning the Application of Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery" |
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| Twelfth Session |
May 30-June 21, 1929 |
Geneva |
Convention 27 "Convention concerning the Marking of the Weight of Heavy Packages Transported by Vessels" |
March 9, 1932 |
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Convention 28 "Convention concerning the Protection against Accidents of Workers Employed in Loading or Unloading Ships" |
April 1, 1932 |
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Recommendation 31 "Recommendation concerning the Prevention of Industrial Accidents" |
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Recommendation 32 "Recommendation concerning Responsibility for the Protection of Power-driven Machinery" |
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Recommendation 33 "Recommendation concerning Reciprocity as regards the Protection against Accidents of Workers Employed in Loading or Unloading Ships" |
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Recommendation 34 "Recommendation concerning the Consultation of Workers' and Employers' Organisations in the Drawing up of Regulations dealing with the Safety of Workers Employed in Loading or Unloading Ships" |
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| Fourteenth Session |
June 10-28, 1930 |
Geneva |
Convention 29 "Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour" |
May 1, 1932 |
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Convention 30 "Convention concerning the Regulation of Hours of Work in Commerce and Offices" |
August 29, 1933 |
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Recommendation 35 "Recommendation concerning Indirect Compulsion to Labour" |
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Recommendation 36 "Recommendation concerning the Regulation of Forced or Compulsory Labour" |
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Recommendation 37 "Recommendation concerning the Regulation of Hours of Work in Hotels, Restaurants, and Similar Establishments" |
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Recommendation 38 "Recommendation concerning the Regulation of Hours of Work in Theatres and other Places of Public Amusement" |
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Recommendation 39 "Recommendation concerning the Regulation of Hours of Work in Establishments for the Treatment or the Care of the Sick, Infirm, Destitute, or Mentally Unfit" |
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| Fifteenth Session |
May 28-June 18, 1931 |
Geneva |
Convention 31 "Convention Limiting Hours of Work in Coal Mines" |
Not in Force by January 1, 1949 |
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| Sixteenth Session |
April 12-30, 1932 |
Geneva |
Convention 32 "Convention concerning the Protection against Accidents of Workers Employed in Loading or Unloading Ships (Revised 1932)" |
October 30, 1924 |
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Convention 33 "Convention concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Non-Industrial Employment" |
June 6, 1935 |
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Recommendation 40 "Recommendation for Expediting Reciprocity as Provided for in the Convention, Adopted in 1932, concerning the Protection against Accidents of Workers Employed in Loading or Unloading Ships" |
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Recommendation 41 "Recommendation concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Non-Industrial Employment" |
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| Seventeenth Session |
June 8-30, 1933 |
Geneva |
Convention 34 "Convention concerning Fee-Charging Employment Agencies" |
October 18, 1936 |
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Convention 35 "Convention concerning Compulsory, Old-Age Insurance for Persons Employed in Industrial or Commercial Undertakings; in the Liberal Professions, and for Outworkers and Domestic Servants" |
July 18, 1937 |
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Convention 36 "Convention concerning Compulsory Old-Age Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings" |
July 18, 1937 |
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Convention 37 "Convention concerning Compulsory Invalidity Insurance for Persons Employed in Industrial or Commercial Undertakings, in the Liberal Professions, and for Outworkers and Domestic Servants" |
July 18, 1937 |
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Convention 38 "Convention concerning Compulsory Invalidity Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings" |
July 18, 1937 |
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Convention 39 "Convention concerning Compulsory Widows' and Orphans' Insurance for Persons Employed in Industrial or Commercial Undertakings, in the Liberal Professions, and for Outworkers and Domestic Servants" |
Novemebr 8, 1946 |
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Convention 40 "Convention concerning Compulsory Widows' and Orphans' Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings" |
September 29, 1949 |
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Recommendation 42 "Recommendation concerning Employment Agencies" |
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Recommendation 43 "Recommendation concerning the General Principles of Invalidity, Old-Age and Widows' and Orphans' Insurance" |
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| Eighteenth Session |
June 4-23, 1934 |
Geneva |
Convention 41 "Convention concerning Employment of Women during the Night (Revised 1934)" |
November 22, 1936 |
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Convention 42 "Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Diseases (Revised 1934)" |
June 17, 1936 |
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Convention 43 "Convention for the Regulation of Hours of Work in Automobile Sheet-Glass Works" |
January 13, 1938 |
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Convention 44 "Convention Ensuring Benefit or Allowances to the Involuntarily Employed" |
June 10, 1938 |
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Recommendation 44 "Recommendation concerning Unemployment Insurance and Various Forms of Relief for the Unemployed" |
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| Nineteenth Session |
June 4-25, 1935 |
Geneva |
Convention 45 "Convention concerning the Employment of Women on Underground Work in Mines of all Kinds" |
May 30, 1937 |
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Convention 46 "Convention Limiting Hours of Work in Coal Mines (Revised 1935)" |
Not in force by January 1, 1949 |
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Convention 47 "Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work to Forty a Week" |
Not in force by January 1, 1949 |
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Convention 48 "Convention concerning the Establishment of an International Scheme for the Maintenance of Rights under Invalidity, Old-Age and Widows' and Orphans' Insurance" |
August 10, 1938 |
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Convention 49 "Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in Glass-Bottle Works" |
June 10, 1938 |
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Recommendation 45 "Recommendation concerning Unemployment among Young Persons" |
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| Twentieth Session |
June 4-24, 1936 |
Geneva |
Convention 50 "Convention concerning the Regulation of Certain Special Systems of Recruiting Workers" |
September 8, 1939 |
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Convention 51 "Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work on Public Works" |
Not in force by January 1, 1949 |
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Convention 52 "Convention concerning Annual Holidays with Pay" |
September 22, 1939 |
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Recommendation 46 "Recommendation concerning the Progressive Elimination of Recruiting" |
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Recommendation 47 "Recommendation concerning Annual Holidays with Pay" |
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| Twenty-First Session |
October 6-24, 1936 |
Geneva |
Convention 53 "Convention concerning the Minimum Requirement of Professional Capacity for Masters and Officers on Board Merchant Ships" |
March 29, 1939 |
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Convention 54 "Convention concerning Annual Holidays with Pay for Seamen" |
Not in force by January 1, 1949 |
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Convention 55 "Convention concerning the Liability of the Shipowner in Case of Sickness, Injury, or Death of Seamen" |
October 29, 1939 |
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Convention 56 "Convention concerning Sickness Insurance for Seamen" |
December 9, 1949 |
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Convention 57 "Convention concerning Hours of Work on Board Ship and Manning" |
Not in force by January 1, 1949 |
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Recommendation 48 "Recommendation concerning the Promotion of Seamen's Welfare in Ports" |
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Recommendation 49 "Recommendation concerning Hours of Work on Board Ship and Manning" |
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| Twenty-Second Session |
October 22-24, 1936 |
Geneva |
Convention 58 "Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for the Admission of Children to Employment at Sea (Revised 1936)" |
April 11, 1939 |
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| Twenty-Third Session |
June 3-23, 1937 |
Geneva |
Convention 59 "Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Industrial Employment (Revised 1937)" |
February 21, 1941 |
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Convention 60 "Convention concerning the Age of Admission of Children to Non-Industrial Employment (Revised 1937)" |
Not in force by January 1, 1949 |
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Convention 61 "Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in the Textile Industry" |
Not in force by January 1, 1949 |
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Convention 62 "Convention concerning Safety Provisions in the Building Industry" |
July 4, 1942 |
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Recommendation 50 "Recommendation concerning International Co-operation in respect of Public Works" |
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Recommendation 51 "Recommendation concerning the National Planning of Public Works" |
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Recommendation 52 "Recommendation concerning the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Industrial Employment in Family Undertakings" |
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Recommendation 53 "Recommendation concerning Safety Provisions in the Building Industry" |
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Recommendation 54 "Recommendation concerning Inspection in the Building Industry" |
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Recommendation 55 "Recommendation concerning Co-operation in Accident Prevention in the Building Industry" |
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Recommendation 56 "Recommendation concerning Vocational Education for the Building Industry" |
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| Twenty-Fourth Session |
June 2-22, 1938 |
Geneva |
Convention 63 "Convention concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work in the Principal Mining and Manufacturing Industries, including Building and Construction, and in Agriculture" |
June 22, 1940 |
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| Twenty-Fifth Session |
June 8-28, 1939 |
Geneva |
Convention 64 "Convention concerning the Regulation of Written Contracts of Employment of Indigenous Workers" |
July 8, 1948 |
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Convention 65 "Convention concerning Penal Sanctions for Breaches of Contract of Employment by Indigenous Workers" |
July 8, 1948 |
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Convention 66 "Convention concerning the Recruitment, Placing, and Conditions of Labour of Migrants for Employment" |
Not in force by January 1, 1949 |
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Convention 67 "Convention concerning the Regulation of Hours of Work and Rest Periods in Road Transport" |
Not in force by January 1, 1949 |
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Recommendation 57 "Recommendation concerning Vocational Training" |
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Recommendation 58 "Recommendation concerning the Maximum Length of Written Contracts of Employment by Indigenous Workers" |
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Recommendation 59 "Recommendation concerning Labour Inspectorates for Indigenous Workers" |
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Recommendation 60 "Recommendation concerning Apprenticeship" |
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Recommendation 61 "Recommendation concerning the Recruitment, Placing, and Conditions of Labour of Migrants for Employment" |
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Recommendation 62 "Recommendation concerning Co-operation between States relating to the Recruitment, Placing, and Conditions of Labour of Migrants for Employment" |
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Recommendation 63 "Recommendation concerning Individual Control Books in Road Transport" |
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Recommendation 64 "Recommendation concerning the Regulation of Night Work in Road Transport" |
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Recommendation 65 "Recommendation concerning the Methods of Regulating Hours of Work in Road Transport" |
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Recommendation 66 "Recommendation concerning Rest Periods of Professional Drivers of Private Vehicles" |
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| Twenty-Sixth Session |
April 20-May 12, 1944 |
Philadelphia |
Recommendation 67 "Recommendation concerning Income Security" |
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Recommendation 68 "Recommendation concerning Income Security and Medical Care for Persons Discharged from the Armed Forces and Assimilated Services and from War Employment" |
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Recommendation 69 "Recommendation concerning Medical Care" |
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Recommendation 70 "Recommendation concerning Minimum Standards of Social Policy in Dependent Territories" |
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Recommendation 71 "Recommendation concerning Employment Organisation in the Transition from War to Peace" |
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Recommendation 72 "Recommendation concerning the Employment Service" |
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Recommendation 73 "Recommendation concerning the National Planning of Public Works" |
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| Twenty-Seventh Session |
October 15-November 5, 1945 |
Paris |
Recommendation 74 "Recommendation concerning Minimum Standards of Social Poliyc in Dependent Territories (Supplementary Provisions)" |
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