Article 44 Procedure in case of revision of a Convention (ILC Standing Orders)
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Document No. (ilolex): 27199450
Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects, Section E - Convention
and Recommendation procedure.
Adopted on 21 November 1919 at the First Session of the Conference. Revised
and consolidated at the 27th Session. The present text of this article
includes all amendments adopted up to the 97th Session (2008).
The ILO is committed to promoting gender equality. Amendments to this effect
were adopted at the 97th Session of the International Labour Conference
(Geneva, 2008).
ARTICLE 44
Procedure in case of revision of a Convention
1. When the revision in whole or in part of a Convention which has been
previously adopted by the Conference is included in the agenda, the Conference
shall proceed in accordance with the following provisions:
2. The International Labour Office shall submit to the Conference draft
amendments drawn up in accordance with the conclusions of the report of the
Governing Body recommending the revision in whole or in part of the Convention
previously adopted and corresponding to the question or questions in respect
of which a proposal for revision has been placed on the agenda.
3. The Conference shall decide whether it will take as the basis of discussion
the draft amendments prepared by the International Labour Office, and shall
decide whether they shall be considered in full Conference or referred to a
committee for report. These decisions may be preceded by a debate in full
Conference on the general principles of the proposed revision in whole or in
part within the limits permitted by the agenda.
4. If the draft amendments are considered in full Conference, each of them
shall be placed successively before the Conference for adoption. During the
debate, and until all the draft amendments have been disposed of, no motion
other than a motion to amend the text of one of them or a motion as to
procedure shall be considered by the Conference.
5. If the draft amendments be referred to a committee, the Conference shall,
after receiving the report of the committee, proceed to discuss the text of
each draft amendment in succession, in accordance with the rules laid down in
the last preceding paragraph. The discussion shall not take place before the
day following that on which copies of the report have been circulated to the
delegates.
6. During the discussion of the draft amendments the Conference may refer one
or more of them to a committee.
7. The amendments together with consequential amendments of the unamended
provisions of the Convention under revision, as adopted by the Conference,
shall be referred to the Conference Drafting Committee, which shall combine
with them the unamended provisions of the Convention under revision, so as to
establish the final text of the Convention in the revised form. This text
shall be circulated to the delegates.
8. No amendment shall be allowed to this text but, notwithstanding this
provision, the President, after consultation with the three Vice-Presidents,
may submit to the Conference amendments which have been handed to the
Secretariat before the final vote is taken.
9. On receipt of the text prepared by the Drafting Committee and after
discussion of the amendments, if any, submitted in accordance with the
preceding paragraph, the Conference shall proceed to take a final vote on the
adoption of the Convention in accordance with article 19 of the Constitution
of the Organization.
10. In accordance with article 14 of the Constitution of the Organization and
subject in the provisions of article 16, paragraph 3, of the said
Constitution, the Conference shall not at any stage of the procedure of
revision revise in whole or in part a Convention which has previously been
adopted by it, save in respect of a question or questions placed by the
Governing Body on the agenda of the session.
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