Work in Fishing Convention, 2007

Last updated
Work in Fishing Convention, 2007
C188
ILO Convention
Date of adoptionJune 14, 2007
ClassificationFishermen
SubjectFishermen
Previous Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006
Nextnone

Work in Fishing Convention (2007) C 188, was adopted at the 96th International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization ILO in 2007. The objectives of the Convention is to ensure that fishers have decent conditions of work on board fishing vessels with regard to minimum requirements for work on board; conditions of service; accommodation and food; occupational safety and health protection; medical care and social security. It applies to all fishers and fishing vessels engaged in commercial fishing operations. It supersedes the old Conventions relating to fishermen.

Contents

Subject area covered

The following subject areas, among others, are addressed: the responsibilities of fishing vessel owners and skippers for the safety of the fishers on board and the safety of the vessels; minimum age for work on board fishing vessels and for assignment to certain types of activities; medical examination and certification required for work on fishing vessels, with the possibility of exceptions for smaller vessels or those at sea for short periods; manning and hours of rest; crew lists; fishers’ work agreements; repatriation; recruitment and placement of fishers, and use of private employment agencies; payment of fishers; on board accommodation and food; medical care at sea; occupational safety and health; social security; and protection in the case of work-related sickness, injury or death (through a system for fishing vessel owners’ liability or compulsory insurance, workers’ compensation or other schemes).

Responsibility

Article 8 of the convention provided the liability of owners of fishing vessels. The owner of the fishing vessel had the full responsibility for the master is possessing the resources and equipment necessary to fulfil the obligations of the convention. [1]

Recommendation

Work in Fishing Recommendation 2007 (No. 199) provides additional guidance on the matters covered by the Convention.

Ratifications and force

The convention could come into force 12 months after it had been ratified by 10 states, eight of which had to be coastal countries. Following Lithuania's ratification of the convention on 16 November 2016, the convention had come into force on 17 November 2017. As of February 2023, the convention has been ratified by 20 states:

CountryDateStatusNote
Angola [2] 11 Oct 2016In Force
Antigua and Barbuda [3] 28 Jul 2021In Force
Argentina [4] 15 Sep 2011In Force
Bosnia and Herzegovina [5] 04 Feb 2010In Force
Congo [6] 14 May 2014In Force
Denmark [7] 03 Feb 2020In Force
Estonia [8] 3 May 2016In Force
France [9] 28 Oct 2015In Force
Kenya [10] 04 Feb 2022In force
Lithuania [11] 16 Nov 2016In Force
Morocco [12] 16 May 2013In Force
Namibia [13] 20 Sep 2018In Force
Netherlands [14] 19 Dec 2019In Force
Norway [15] 08 Jan 2016In Force
Poland [16] 17 Dec 2019In Force
Portugal [17] 26 Nov 2019In Force
Senegal [18] 21 Sep 2018In Force
South Africa [19] 20 Jun 2013In Force
Thailand [20] 30 Jan 2019In Force
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [21] 11 Jan 2019In Force

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International Labour Organization</span> Specialized agency of the United Nations

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and oldest specialised agency of the UN. The ILO has 187 member states: 186 out of 193 UN member states plus the Cook Islands. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with around 40 field offices around the world, and employs some 3,381 staff across 107 nations, of whom 1,698 work in technical cooperation programmes and projects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Workers' compensation</span> Form of insurance

Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. The trade-off between assured, limited coverage and lack of recourse outside the worker compensation system is known as "the compensation bargain.” One of the problems that the compensation bargain solved is the problem of employers becoming insolvent as a result of high damage awards. The system of collective liability was created to prevent that and thus to ensure security of compensation to the workers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flag of convenience</span> Registering a ship in a foreign country

Flag of convenience (FOC) is a business practice whereby a ship's owners register a merchant ship in a ship register of a country other than that of the ship's owners, and the ship flies the civil ensign of that country, called the flag state. The term is often used pejoratively, and although common, the practice is sometimes regarded as contentious.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention</span> International Labour Organization Convention

The Convention Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, known in short as the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, was adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1999 as ILO Convention No 182. It is one of eight ILO fundamental conventions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minimum Age Convention, 1973</span> International Labour Organization Convention

The ILO Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment C138, is a convention adopted in 1973 by the International Labour Organization. It requires ratifying states to pursue a national policy designed to ensure the effective abolition of child labour and to raise progressively the minimum age for admission to employment or work. It is one of eight ILO fundamental conventions. Convention C138 replaces several similar ILO conventions in specific fields of labour.

Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Certification of Ships' Cooks Convention, 1946 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Final Articles Revision Convention, 1961 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Accommodation of Crews Convention, 1970 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was ratified by the ILO's Governing Body in Geneva October 14, 1970, as a supplement to the Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised), 1949.

Labour Relations Convention, 1978 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was adopted at the 82nd International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The ILO is an agency under the United Nations that deals with international labor issues while promoting workers rights and opportunities. One of ILO's goals is to hold annual labor conventions to create legally binding contracts for participating nations to ratify. During the Safety and Health in Mines Convention (C176), it was recognized that there are inherent hazards in the mining workplace, and a need for a convention was mandatory.

Home Work Convention, created in 1996, is an International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention, which came into force in 2000. It offers protection to workers who are employed in their own homes.

Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maritime Labour Convention</span> International Labour Organization Convention

The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is an International Labour Organization (ILO) convention, number 186, established in 2006 as the fourth pillar of international maritime law and embodies "all up-to-date standards of existing international maritime labour Conventions and Recommendations, as well as the fundamental principles to be found in other international labour Conventions". The other pillars are the SOLAS, STCW and MARPOL. The treaties applies to all ships entering the harbours of parties to the treaty (port states), as well as to all ships flying the flag of state party (flag states, as of 2021: over 91 per cent).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Child labour in Cambodia</span>

Child labour refers to the full-time employment of children under a minimum legal age. In 2003, an International Labour Organization (ILO) survey reported that one in every ten children in the capital above the age of seven was engaged in child domestic labour. Children who are too young to work in the fields work as scavengers. They spend their days rummaging in dumps looking for items that can be sold for money. Children also often work in the garment and textile industry, in prostitution, and in the military.

International labour law is the body of rules spanning public and private international law which concern the rights and duties of employees, employers, trade unions and governments in regulating Work and the workplace. The International Labour Organization and the World Trade Organization have been the main international bodies involved in reforming labour markets. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have indirectly driven changes in labour policy by demanding structural adjustment conditions for receiving loans or grants. Issues regarding Conflict of laws arise, determined by national courts, when people work in more than one country, and supra-national bodies, particularly in the law of the European Union, has a growing body of rules regarding labour rights.

Labour rights in Azerbaijan. Everyone including foreign and non-citizens has right to work in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Nobody may be deprived of a right to work based on discrimination related to citizenship, sex, race, nationality, language, place of residence, economic standing, social origin, age, family circumstances, religion, political views, affiliation with trade unions or other public associations, professional standing, beliefs, or other similar factors. All persons are free to choose his or her workplace, profession, and activity. Everybody is free to work or not to work. Compulsory labor is forbidden by legislation in force of Azerbaijan. In other words, no one may be forced to work in the country. If one has a status of “unemployed” the state has to pay social allowances to him or her. Furthermore, the state must endeavor to eliminate the unemployment in the country.

References

  1. ↑ "Convention C188 - Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)".
  2. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Angola".
  3. ↑ https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11200:0::NO:11200:P11200_COUNTRY_ID:103369
  4. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Argentina".
  5. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Bosnia and Herzegovina".
  6. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Congo".
  7. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Denmark".
  8. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Estonia".
  9. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for France".
  10. ↑ https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11200:0::NO:11200:P11200_COUNTRY_ID:103315
  11. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Lithuania".
  12. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Morocco".
  13. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Namibia".
  14. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Netherlands".
  15. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Norway".
  16. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Poland".
  17. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Portugal".
  18. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Senegal".
  19. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for South Africa".
  20. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for Thailand".
  21. ↑ "Ratifications of ILO conventions: Ratifications for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.