News
2013
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ILO launches new Maritime Labour Convention database
04 September 2013
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a comprehensive new database providing the most up-to -date information available on the implementation of the landmark Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, which came into force on 20 August.
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Global shipping industry sets sail under new standard
20 August 2013
A new “bill of rights” – the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention – comes into force, ensuring protection for the world’s 1.5 million seafarers and fair competition for shipowners.
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Lithuania ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
20 August 2013
With the ratification by Lithuania, ILO Member States representing nearly 75 per cent of the world’s global shipping tonnage have now committed themselves to the decent work standards of the Convention, which comes into force today.
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Belgium ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
20 August 2013
The Government of Belgium deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) on 20 August 2013, a highly symbolic day marking the entry into force of the Convention.
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Ghana ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006)
20 August 2013
With the ratification by Ghana, 44 ILO Member States representing nearly 75 per cent of the world’s global shipping tonnage have now committed themselves to the decent work standards of the Convention.
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Germany ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
16 August 2013
The Government of Germany registered its ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) with the International Labour Office on 16 August 2013.
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United Kingdom ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
07 August 2013
The United Kingdom ratified the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) on 7 August 2013. This ratification also covers the Isle of Man and Gibraltar.
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Japan ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
05 August 2013
Japan is the 40th ILO Member State to have its ratification registered and the 10th from the Asia-Pacific region – after Singapore, Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Philippines, Tuvalu and Viet Nam – to have ratified the international agreement.
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369th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association
21 June 2013
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368th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association
21 June 2013