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List of Ratifications of Conventions Nos 81, 129 and 150
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ILO Member State

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947
(No. 81)

Date of entry into force: 7.4.1950

Labour Inspection (Agriculture)
Convention, 1969
(No. 129)

Date of entry into force: 19.1.1972

Labour Administration Convention, 1978
(No. 150)

Date of entry into force: 11.10.1980

Ratified

Not Ratified

Ratified

Not Ratified

Ratified

Not Ratified

Afghanistan

-

X

-

X

-

X

Albania

18.08.2004

-

11.10.20072

-

24.7.2002

-

Algeria

19.10.1962

-

-

X

26.1.1984

-

Angola

4.6.1976

-

-

X

-

X

Antigua and Barbuda

2.2.19833

-

-

X

16.9.2002

-

Argentina

17.2.1955

-

20.6.1985

-

20.2.2004

-

Armenia

17.12.2004

-

-

X

18.5.2005

-

Australia

24.6.19754

-

-

X

10.9.1985

-

Austria

30.4.1949

-

-

X

-

X

Azerbaijan

9.8.20005

-

9.8.2000

-

-

X

Bahamas

25.5.1976

-

-

X

-

X

Bahrain

11.6.1981

-

-

X

-

X

Bangladesh

22.6.1972

-

-

X

-

X

Barbados

8.5.19676

-

-

X

-

X

Belarus

25.9.1995

-

-

X

15.9.1993

-

Belgium

5.4.1957

-

8.9.1997

-

21.10.2011

-

Belize

15.12.1983

-

-

X

6.3.2000

-

Benin

11.6.2001

-

-

X

11.6.2001

-

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

15.11.1973

-

31.1.1977

-

-

X

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2.6.1993

-

2.6.1993

-

-

X

Botswana

-

X

-

X

-

X

Brazil

11.10.1989

-

-

X

-

X

Brunei Darussalam

-

X

-

X

-

X

Bulgaria

29.12.1949

-

-

X

-

X

Burkina Faso

21.5.1974

-

21.5.1974

-

3.4.1980

-

Burundi

30.7.1971

-

-

X

  

X

Cambodia

-

X

-

X

23.8.1999

  

Cameroon

3.9.19627

-

-

X

-

X

Canada

-

X

-

X

-

X

Cape Verde

16.10.1979

-

-

X

-

X

Central African Republic

9.6.1964

-

-

X

5.6.2006

-

Chad

30.11.1965

-

-

X

-

X

Chile

-

X

-

X

-

X

China

-

X

-

X

7.3.2002

-

Colombia

13.11.19678

-

16.11.1976

-

-

X

Comoros

23.10.1978

-

-

X

-

X

Congo

26.11.1999

-

-

X

24.6.1986

-

Costa Rica

2.6.1960

-

16.3.1972

-

25.9.1984

-

Côte d’Ivoire

5.6.1987

-

5.6.1987

-

-

X

Croatia

8.10.1991

-

8.10.1991

-

-

X

Cuba

7.9.1954

-

-

X

29.12.1980

-

Cyprus

23.9.19609

-

-

X

6.7.1981

-

Czech Republic

16.3.2011

-

16.3.201110

-

9.10.2000

-

Democratic Republic of the Congo

19.4.1968

-

-

X

3.4.1987

-

Denmark

6.8.1958

-

30.11.1972

-

5.6.1981

-

Djibouti

3.8.1978

-

-

X

-

X

Dominica

28.2.1983

-

-

X

26.7.2004

-

Dominican Republic

22.9.1953

-

-

X

15.6.1999

-

Ecuador

26.8.1975

-

-

X

-

X

Egypt

11.10.1956

-

20.6.2003

-

5.12.1991

-

El Salvador

15.6.1995

-

15.6.1995

-

2.2.2001

-

Equatorial Guinea

-

X

-

X

-

X

Eritrea

-

X

-

X

-

X

Estonia

1.2.2005

-

1.2.2005

-

-

X

Ethiopia

-

X

-

X

-

X

Fiji

28.5.2008

-

18.1.2010

-

-

X

Finland

20.1.195011

-

3.9.1974

-

25.2.1980

-

France

16.12.1950

-

28.12.1972

-

-

X

Gabon

17.7.1972

-

-

X

11.10.1979

-

Gambia

-

X

-

X

-

X

Georgia

-

X

-

X

-

X

Germany

14.6.1955

-

26.9.1973

-

26.2.1981

-

Ghana

2.7.1959

-

-

X

27.5.1986

-

Greece

16.6.1955

-

-

X

31.7.1985

-

Grenada

9.7.197912

-

-

X

-

X

Guatemala

13.2.1952

-

20.5.1994

-

-

X

Guinea

26.3.1959

-

-

X

8.6.1982

-

Guinea-Bissau

21.2.1977

-

-

X

-

X

Guyana

8.6.196613

-

19.1.1971

-

10.1.1983

-

Haiti

31.3.1952

-

-

X

-

X

Honduras

6.5.1983

-

-

X

-

X

Hungary

4.1.1994

-

4.1.1994

-

-

X

Iceland

24.3.2009

-

24.3.2009

-

-

X

India

7.4.194914

-

-

X

-

X

Indonesia

29.1.2004

-

-

X

-

X

Iran, Islamic Republic of

-

X

-

X

-

X

Iraq

13.1.1951

-

-

X

10.7.1980

-

Ireland

16.6.195115

-

-

X

-

X

Israel

7.6.1955

-

-

X

7.12.1979

-

Italy

22.10.1952

-

23.6.1981

-

28.2.1985

-

Jamaica

26.12.196216

-

-

X

4.6.1984

-

Japan

20.10.1953

-

-

X

-

X

Jordan

27.3.1969

-

-

X

10.7.2003

-

Kazakhstan

6.7.2001

-

6.7.2001

-

-

X

Kenya

13.1.1964

-

9.4.1979

-

-

X

Kiribati

-

X

-

X

-

X

Korea, Republic of

9.12.1992

-

-

X

8.12.1997

-

Kuwait

23.11.1964

-

-

X

-

X

Kyrgyzstan

26.7.2000

-

-

X

22.12.2003

-

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

-

X

-

X

-

X

Latvia

25.7.1994

-

25.7.199417

-

8.3.1993

-

Lebanon

26.7.1962

-

-

X

4.4.2005

-

Lesotho

14.6.2001

-

-

X

14.6.2001

-

Liberia

25.3.2003

-

-

X

2.6.2003

-

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

27.5.1971

-

-

X

-

X

Lithuania

26.9.1994

-

-

X

-

X

Luxembourg

3.3.1958

-

8.4.2008

-

21.3.2001

-

Madagascar

21.12.1971

-

21.12.1971

-

-

X

Malawi

22.3.1965

-

20.7.1971

-

19.11.1999

-

Malaysia

1.7.1963

-

-

X

-

X

Maldives, Republic of

-

X

-

X

-

X

Mali

2.3.1964

-

-

X

23.1.2008

-

Malta

4.1.196518

-

9.6.1988

-

-

X

Marshall Islands

-

X

-

X

-

X

Mauritania

8.11.1963

-

-

X

-

X

Mauritius

2.12.1969

-

-

X

5.4.2004

-

Mexico

-

X

-

X

10.2.1982

-

Moldova, Republic of

12.8.199619

-

9.12.1997

-

10.11.2006

-

Mongolia

-

X

-

X

-

X

Montenegro

3.6.2006

-

3.6.2006

-

-

X

Morocco

14.3.1958

-

11.5.1979

-

3.4.2009

-

Mozambique

6.6.1977

-

-

X

-

X

Myanmar

-

X

-

X

-

X

Namibia

-

X

-

X

28.6.1996

-

Nepal

-

X

-

X

-

X

Netherlands

15.9.1951

-

29.6.1973

-

8.8.1980

-

New Zealand

30.11.195920

-

-

X

-

X

Nicaragua

-

X

-

X

-

X

Niger

9.1.1979

-

-

X

-

X

Nigeria

17.10.196021

-

-

X

-

X

Norway

5.1.194922

-

14.4.1971

-

19.3.1980

-

Oman

-

X

-

X

-

X

Pakistan

10.10.1953

-

-

X

-

X

Panama

3.6.1958

-

-

X

-

X

Papua New Guinea

-

X

-

X

-

X

Paraguay

28.8.1967

-

-

X

-

X

Peru

1.2.1960

-

-

X

-

X

Philippines

-

X

-

X

-

X

Poland

2.6.1995

-

2.6.1995

-

-

X

Portugal

12.2.1962

-

24.2.1983

-

9.1.1981

-

Qatar

18.8.1976

-

-

X

-

X

Romania

6.6.1973

-

28.10.1975

-

4.11.2008

-

Russian Federation

2.7.199823

-

-

X

2.7.1998

-

Rwanda

2.12.1980

-

-

X

-

X

Saint Kitts and Nevis

-

X

-

X

-

X

Saint Lucia

-

X

-

X

-

X

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

21.10.1998

-

9.11.2010

-

-

X

Samoa

-

X

-

X

-

X

San Marino

-

X

-

X

19.4.1988

-

Sao Tome and Principe

1.6.1982

-

-

X

-

X

Saudi Arabia

15.6.1978

-

-

X

-

X

Senegal

22.10.1962

-

-

X

-

X

Serbia

24.11.2000

-

24.11.2000

-

15.03.2013

-

Seychelles

28.10.2005

-

-

X

23.11.1999

-

Sierra Leone

13.6.196124

-

-

X

-

X

Singapore

25.10.1965

-

-

X

-

X

Slovakia

17.9.2009

-

17.9.200925

-

-

X

Slovenia

29.5.1992

-

29.5.1992

-

-

X

Solomon Islands

6.8.1985

-

-

X

-

X

Somalia

-

X

-

X

-

X

South Africa

20.6.2013

-

-

X

-

X

Spain

30.5.1960

-

5.5.1971

-

3.3.1982

  

Sri Lanka

3.4.1956

-

-

X

-

X

Sudan

22.10.1970

-

-

X

-

X

Suriname

15.6.1976

-

-

X

29.9.1981

-

Swaziland

5.6.1981

-

-

X

-

X

Sweden

25.11.194926

-

14.5.1970

-

11.6.1979

-

Switzerland

13.7.1949

-

-

X

3.3.1981

-

Syrian Arab Republic

26.7.1960

-

18.4.1972

-

-

X

Tajikistan

21.10.2009

-

-

X

-

X

Tanzania, United Republic of

30.1.196227

-

-

X

-

X

Thailand

-

X

-

X

-

X

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

17.11.1991

-

17.11.1991

-

-

X

Timor-Leste

-

X

-

X

-

X

Togo

30.03.2012

  

30.03.2012

  

30.03.2012

  

Trinidad and Tobago

17.8.2007

-

-

X

17.8.2007

-

Tunisia

15.5.1957

-

-

X

23.5.1988

-

Turkey

5.3.1951

-

-

X

-

X

Turkmenistan

-

X

-

X

-

X

Tuvalu

-

X

-

X

-

X

Uganda

4.6.196328

-

-

X

-

X

Ukraine

10.11.2004

-

10.11.2004

-

10.11.2004

-

United Arab Emirates

27.5.1982

-

-

X

-

X

United Kingdom

28.6.194929

-

-

X

19.3.1980

-

United States

-

X

-

X

3.3.1995

-

Uruguay

28.6.1973

-

28.6.1973

-

19.6.1989

-

Uzbekistan

-

X

-

X

-

X

Vanuatu

-

X

-

X

-

X

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

21.7.1967

-

-

X

17.8.1983

-

Viet Nam

3.10.1994

-

-

X

-

X

Yemen

29.7.1976

-

-

X

-

X

Zambia

-

X

-

X

19.8.1980

-

Zimbabwe

16.9.1993

-

16.9.1993

-

27.8.1998

-

Source: NORMLEX – Online database of International Labour Standards

1 Visit NORMLEX online for the most up to date and authoritative information on the ratification of these Conventions.

2 Albania has accepted Article 5, paragraph 1(a) and (b).

3 Antigua and Barbuda (Excluding Part II).

4 Australia (Excluding Part II).

5 Azerbaijan has ratified the Protocol of 1995.

6 Barbados (Excluding Part II).

7 Cameroon (Excluding Part II).

8 Colombia (Excluding Part II).

9 Cyprus has ratified the Protocol of 1995.

10 Czech Republic has accepted Article 5, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c).

11 Finland has ratified the Protocol of 1995.

12 Grenada (Excluding Part II).

13 Guyana has ratified the Protocol of 1995. Excluding Part II.

14 India (Excluding Part II).

15 Ireland has ratified the Protocol of 1995.

16 Jamaica (Excluding Part II).

17 Latvia has accepted Article 5, paragraph 1(b).

18 Malta (Excluding Part II).

19 Republic of Moldova has ratified the Protocol of 1995.

20 New Zealand (Excluding Part II).

21 Nigeria (Excluding Part II).

22 Norway has ratified the Protocol of 1995.

23 Russian Federation has ratified the Protocol of 1995.

24 Sierra Leone (Excluding Part II).

25 Slovakia has accepted Article 5, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c).

26 Sweden has ratified the Protocol of 1995.

27 United Republic of Tanzania (ex. Tanganyika) has ratified the Protocol of 1995. Excluding Part II.

28 Uganda (Excluding Part II).

29 United Kingdom (Excluding Part II).

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