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MLC, 2006

Romania ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Romania is the 70th ILO member State to ratify the Convention.

MLC, 2006

Mongolia ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Mongolia is the 69th ILO member State to ratify the Convention.

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

The People’s Republic of China ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

China is the 68th ILO member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

MLC, 2006

The People’s Republic of China ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

China is the 68th ILO member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

Cabo Verde ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

The Republic of Cabo Verde is the 67th ILO member State to ratify the Convention

India ratifies the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention and the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

India is the 31st ILO member State to ratify Convention No. 185 and the 66th to ratify the MLC, 2006

ILO approves inclusion of Russia in the list of Members fully meeting requirements of Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention

The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) of the International Labour Organisation at its 324th (June) session approved the inclusion of the Russian Federation as the first ratifying Member to be listed as fully meeting the minimum...

Tripartite Meeting of Experts

Tripartite Meeting of Experts recommends revisions to the Annexes to Convention No. 185 to keep them in line with modern identity document...

First comments of ILO supervisory body on effective implementation of the MLC

For the first time this year, the CEACR has reviewed a number of first reports from ILO member States that have ratified the MLC and has formulated comments on the application of the MLC by these member States.

4 to 6 February

ILO to hold an international Tripartite Meeting of Experts to advise on recognition of Seafarers’ Identity Documents and border security...

From 4 to 6 February 2015, the ILO Governing Body has convened an international tripartite meeting of maritime and technical experts on border control to advise on the national implementation of the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention...

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

New safety and health guidelines to protect seafarers

Maritime occupational safety and health experts agree on guidelines to bolster the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

Maritime Labour Convention

Exponential movement to achieve widespread ratification and effective implementation: The 1st anniversary of Maritime Labour Convention,...

Today one year after entry force, 64 countries that are responsible for working and living conditions of seafarers on more than 80 per cent of the world’s fleet have ratified the Convention.

Maritime Labour Convention

Kenya ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Kenya is the 64th ILO member State and the tenth African State – after Liberia, Gabon, Benin, Togo, Morocco, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Congo – to have ratified the MLC, 2006.

ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries launches report “Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States -...

To mark International Youth Day, The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Pacific Island Countries have launched a report, entitled “Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States”.

Improving data collection of labour statistics (including labour migration statistics)in Pacific Island Countries

The ILO in collaboration with partners, UNESCAP and SPC has completed a sub-regional technical workshop on labour and migration statistics for Pacific Island Countries. This technical workshop took place from 28 July to 1 August 2014 in Nadi, Fiji...

Maritime Labour Convention

Ireland ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Ireland is the 63rd ILO member State and the 21st Member State of the European Union (EU) to have ratified this Convention

Belize ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Belize is the 62nd ILO member State and the eighth Member State of the Ocean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Caribbean Region to have ratified this Convention.

Maritime Labour Convention

Belize ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Belize is the 62nd ILO member State and the eighth Member State of the Ocean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Caribbean Region to have ratified this Convention

Maritime Labour Convention

Islamic Republic of Iran ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

The Islamic Republic of Iran is the first West Asian country to ratify this landmark Convention

Maritime Labour Convention

International Labour Organization overwhelmingly supports new international law to protect abandoned seafarers and provide financial...

The approval of these amendments was a major step in establishing binding international law on these issues which are very important for the shipping industry