International Labour Organization conventions list

All International Labour Organization conventions: the list

Official titles of the Conventions adopted by the International Labour Conference
No. 1 – Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919
2 – Unemployment Convention, 1919
3 – Maternity Protection Convention, 1919
4 – Night Work (Women) Convention, 1919 (shelved)
5 – Minimum Age (Industry) Convention, 1919
6 – Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1919
7 – Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920
8 – Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920
9 – Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920
10 – Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921
11 – Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921
12 – Workmen’s Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921
13 – White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921
14 – Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921
15 – Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921 (shelved)
16 – Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921
17 – Workmen’s Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925
18 – Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925
19 – Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925
20 – Night Work (Bakeries) Convention, 1925 (shelved)
21 – Inspection of Emigrants Convention, 1926 (shelved)
22 – Seamen’s Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926
23 – Repatriation of Seamen Convention, 1926
24 – Sickness Insurance (Industry) Convention, 1927
25 – Sickness Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1927
26 – Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928
27 – Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929
28 – Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention, 1929 (shelved)
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No. 29 – Forced Labour Convention, 1930
30 – Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930
31 – Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention, 1931 (withdrawn by the ILC decision of 15 June 2000)
32 – Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932
33 – Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention, 1932
34 – Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention, 1933 (shelved)
35 – Old-Age Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933 (shelved)
36 – Old-Age Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933 (shelved)
37 – Invalidity Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933 (shelved)
38 – Invalidity Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933 (shelved)
39 – Survivors’ Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933 (shelved)
40 – Survivors’ Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933 (shelved)
41 – Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1934 (shelved)
42 – Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934
43 – Sheet-Glass Works Convention, 1934 (shelved)
44 – Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (shelved)
45 – Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935
46 – Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935 (withdrawn by the ILC decision of 15 June 2000)
47 – Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935
48 – Maintenance of Migrants’ Pension Rights Convention, 1935 (shelved)
49 – Reduction of Hours of Work (Glass-Bottle Works) Convention, 1935 (shelved)
50 – Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936 (shelved)
51 – Reduction of Hours of Work (Public Works) Convention, 1936 (withdrawn by the ILC decision of 15 June 2000)
52 – Holidays with Pay Convention, 1936
53 – Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936
54 – Holidays with Pay (Sea) Convention, 1936
55 – Shipowners’ Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936
56 – Sickness Insurance (Sea) Convention, 1936
57 – Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1936
58 – Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936
59 – Minimum Age (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1937
60 – Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention (Revised), 1937 (shelved)
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No. 61 – Reduction of Hours of Work (Textiles) Convention, 1937 (withdrawn by the ILC decision of 15 June 2000)
62 – Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937
63 – Convention concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938
64 – Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (shelved)
65 – Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (shelved)
66 – Migration for Employment Convention, 1939 (withdrawn by the ILC decision of 15 June 2000)
67 – Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1939 (shelved)
68 – Food and Catering (Ships’ Crews) Convention, 1946
69 – Certification of Ships’ Cooks Convention, 1946
70 – Social Security (Seafarers) Convention, 1946
71 – Seafarers’ Pensions Convention, 1946
72 – Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention, 1946
73 – Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946
74 – Certification of Able Seamen Convention, 1946
75 – Accommodation of Crews Convention, 1946
76 – Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1946
77 – Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1946
78 – Medical Examination of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946
79 – Night Work of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946
80 – Final Articles Revision Convention, 1946
81 – Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947
82 – Social Policy (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947
83 – Labour Standards (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947
84 – Right of Association (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947
85 – Labour Inspectorates (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947
86 – Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1947 (shelved)
87 – Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948
88 – Employment Service Convention, 1948
89 – Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 Protocol of 1990 to the Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948
90 – Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948
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No. 91 – Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention (Revised), 1949 (shelved)
92 – Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised), 1949
93 – Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1949
94 – Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949
95 – Protection of Wages Convention, 1949
96 – Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949
97 – Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949
98 – Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
99 – Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951
100 – Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951
101 – Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952
102 – Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952
103 – Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952
104 – Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1955 (shelved)
105 – Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957
106 – Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957
107 – Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957
108 – Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention, 1958
109 – Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1958
110 – Plantations Convention, 1958 Protocol of 1982 to the Plantations Convention, 1958
111 – Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
112 – Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959
113 – Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959
114 – Fishermen’s Articles of Agreement Convention, 1959
115 – Radiation Protection Convention, 1960
116 – Final Articles Revision Convention, 1961
117 – Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962
118 – Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962
119 – Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963
120 – Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964
121 – Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980]
122 – Employment Policy Convention, 1964
123 – Minimum Age (Underground Work) Convention, 1965
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No. 124 – Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention, 1965
125 – Fishermen’s Competency Certificates Convention, 1966
126 – Accommodation of Crews (Fishermen) Convention, 1966
127 – Maximum Weight Convention, 1967
128 – Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors’ Benefits Convention, 1967
129 – Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969
130 – Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969
131 – Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970
132 – Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970
133 – Accommodation of Crews (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1970
134 – Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970
135 – Workers’ Representatives Convention, 1971
136 – Benzene Convention, 1971
137 – Dock Work Convention, 1973
138 – Minimum Age Convention, 1973
139 – Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974
140 – Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974
141 – Rural Workers’ Organisations Convention, 1975
142 – Human Resources Development Convention, 1975
143 – Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975
144 – Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976
145 – Continuity of Employment (Seafarers) Convention, 1976
146 – Seafarers’ Annual Leave with Pay Convention, 1976
147 – Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 Protocol of 1996 to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976
148 – Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977
149 – Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977
150 – Labour Administration Convention, 1978
151 – Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978
152 – Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979
153 – Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1979
154 – Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981
155 – Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981
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No. 156 – Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981
157 – Maintenance of Social Security Rights Convention, 1982
158 – Termination of Employment Convention, 1982
159 – Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983
160 – Labour Statistics Convention, 1985
161 – Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985
162 – Asbestos Convention, 1986
163 – Seafarers’ Welfare Convention, 1987
164 – Health Protection and Medical Care (Seafarers) Convention, 1987
165 – Social Security (Seafarers) Convention (Revised), 1987
166 – Repatriation of Seafarers Convention (Revised), 1987
167 – Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988
168 – Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988
169 – Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
170 – Chemicals Convention, 1990
171 – Night Work Convention, 1990
172 – Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991
173 – Protection of Workers’ Claims (Employer’s Insolvency) Convention, 1992
174 – Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention , 1993
175 – Part-Time Work Convention, 1994
176 – Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995
177 – Home Work Convention, 1996
178 – Labour Inspection (Seafarers) Convention, 1996
179 – Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996
180 – Seafarers’ Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996
181 – Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997
182 – Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
183 – Maternity Protection Convention, 2000
184 – Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001
185 – Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003
– Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 [this Convention does not have a number]
187 – Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006
188 – Work in Fishing Convention, 2007
189 – Domestic Workers Convention, 2011
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History of Working Time, History of the International Labour Organization, Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention.

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