Antigua and Barbuda ratifies nine ILO instruments

On 28 July 2021, Antigua and Barbuda deposited with the ILO the instruments of ratification of the following seven ILO Conventions and two Protocols:

• the Home Work Convention, 1996 (No. 177);
• the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181);
• the Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 (No. 184);
• the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003, as amended (No. 185);
• the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187);
• the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188);
• the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189);
• the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, and
• the Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981.

The nine instruments will enter into force for Antigua and Barbuda on 28 July 2022, one year after their ratification.