Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention

Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975, or Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers is an International Labour Organization Convention for the rights of migrant workers. However unlike the United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, there are restrictions of migrant worker to be applied on Article 11.

Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975
C143
ILO Convention
Date of adoptionJune 24, 1975
Date in forceDecember 9, 1978
ClassificationMigrant workers
SubjectMigrant workers
PreviousHuman Resources Development Convention, 1975
NextTripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976

It was established in 1975:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to migrant workers,...

  • Article 1. Each Member for which this Convention in force undertake to respect the basic human rights of all migrant workers.
  • Article 11. (1)For this Convention the term migrant worker means a person who migrates or who has migrated from one country to another with a view to bring employed otherwise than on his own account and includes any person regularly admitted as a migrant worker.

(2) It does not apply to (a) frontier workers (b) artistes and members of liberal profession (c) seamen (d) persons coming specially for purpose of education [1]

Ratifications

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As of 2022, the convention has been ratified by 28 states. Yugoslavia is a former ratifying state.

Countries Date Notes
  Albania 12 Sep 2006 excluding articles 10 to 14
  Armenia 27 Jan 2006
  Benin 11 Jun 1980
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 02 Jun 1993
  Burkina Faso 09 Dec 1977
  Cameroon 04 Jul 1978
  Comoros 15 Jul 2021
  Cyprus 28 Jun 1977
  Guinea 05 Jun 1978
  Italy 23 Jun 1981
  Kenya 09 Apr 1979
  Madagascar 11 Jun 2019
  Mauritania 23 Sep 2019
  Montenegro 03 Jun 2006
  North Macedonia 17 Nov 1991 ratified as the   Republic of Macedonia
  Norway 24 Jan 1979
  Philippines 14 Sep 2006
  Portugal 12 Dec 1978
  San Marino 23 May 1985
  Serbia 24 Nov 2000 ratified as the   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  Sierra Leone 25 Aug 2021
  Slovenia 29 May 1992
  Somalia 08 Mar 2021
  Sweden 28 Dec 1982
  Tajikistan 10 Apr 2007
  Togo 08 Nov 1983
  Uganda 31 Mar 1978
  Venezuela 17 Aug 1983
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