Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920

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Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920
C9
ILO Convention
Date of adoptionJuly 10, 1920
Date in forceNovember 23, 1921
ClassificationAdmission to Employment
SubjectSeafarers
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Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Contents

It was established in 1920:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the "supervision of articles of agreement; provision of facilities for finding employment for seamen; application to seamen of the Convention and Recommendations adopted at Washington in November last in regard to unemployment and unemployment insurance", ... [1]

Ratifications

As of 2013, the convention had been ratified by 41 states. Of the ratifying states, 15 have subsequently denounced the convention, some by a process that automatically denounces the treaty when the same state ratifies a convention that supersedes the 1920 treaty. [2]

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References

  1. "Seamen Convention Preamble".
  2. "Seamen Convention Ratifications".