Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (ILO No. 105)

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (incl. CONVENTIONS) (ILO)
Signed at
Signed on
25 June 1957
In force on
17 January 1959

Treaty document

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. ALGERIA
  3. ANGOLA
  4. Antigua
  5. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  6. Antilles
  7. ARGENTINA
  8. Aruba
  9. AUSTRALIA
  10. AUSTRIA
  11. AZERBAIJAN
  12. BAHAMAS
  13. BAHAMAS
  14. Bahrain
  15. BANGLADESH
  16. BARBADOS
  17. BARBADOS
  18. Basutoland
  19. Bechuanaland
  20. BELARUS
  21. BELGIUM
  22. BELIZE
  23. Bermuda
  24. BOLIVIA
  25. BOTSWANA
  26. BRAZIL
  27. British Guiana
  28. British Honduras
  29. British Virgin Islands
  30. Brunei
  31. BULGARIA
  32. BURUNDI
  33. CAMBODIA
  34. CAMEROON
  35. CANADA
  36. CAPE VERDE
  37. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  38. CHAD
  39. CHILE
  40. CHINA
  41. COLOMBIA
  42. COMOROS
  43. CONGO
  44. CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
  45. Cook Islands
  46. COSTA RICA
  47. COTE D'IVOIRE
  48. CUBA
  49. CYPRUS
  50. CYPRUS
  51. DAHOMEY
  52. DENMARK
  53. DJIBOUTI
  54. Dominica
  55. DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF
  56. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  57. ECUADOR
  58. EGYPT
  59. EL SALVADOR
  60. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
  61. ERITREA
  62. ESTONIA
  63. ETHIOPIA
  64. Falkland Islands
  65. Faroe Islands
  66. Fiji
  67. Fiji
  68. FINLAND
  69. FRANCE
  70. French Overseas Territories
  71. GABON
  72. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  73. GHANA
  74. Gibraltar
  75. Gilbert And Ellice Islands
  76. GREECE
  77. Greenland
  78. GRENADA
  79. GRENADA
  80. GUATEMALA
  81. Guernsey
  82. GUINEA
  83. GUINEA BISSAU
  84. GUYANA
  85. HAITI
  86. HONDURAS
  87. Hong Kong
  88. HUNGARY
  89. ICELAND
  90. INDIA
  91. INDONESIA
  92. IRAN
  93. IRAQ
  94. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  95. Isle Of Man
  96. ISRAEL
  97. ITALY
  98. JAMAICA
  99. JAMAICA
  100. Jersey
  101. JORDAN
  102. KAZAKHSTAN
  103. KENYA
  104. KENYA
  105. KIRIBATI
  106. KUWAIT
  107. KYRGYZSTAN
  108. LATVIA
  109. LEBANON
  110. LESOTHO
  111. LIBERIA
  112. LIBYA
  113. LITHUANIA
  114. LUXEMBOURG
  115. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
  116. MALAWI
  117. MALAYA
  118. MALAYSIA
  119. MALI
  120. MALTA
  121. MALTA
  122. MAURITIUS
  123. MAURITIUS
  124. MEXICO
  125. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
  126. MONGOLIA
  127. Montserrat
  128. MOROCCO
  129. MOZAMBIQUE
  130. NAURU
  131. NEPAL
  132. NETHERLANDS THE
  133. Netherlands West Indies
  134. New Guinea
  135. NEW ZEALAND
  136. NICARAGUA
  137. NIGER
  138. NIGERIA
  139. NIGERIA
  140. Niue Island
  141. Norfolk Island
  142. North Borneo
  143. NORWAY
  144. PAKISTAN
  145. PANAMA
  146. Papua
  147. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  148. PARAGUAY
  149. PERU
  150. PHILIPPINES
  151. POLAND
  152. PORTUGAL
  153. Rhodesia And Nyasaland
  154. ROMANIA
  155. Ruanda Urundi
  156. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  157. RWANDA
  158. SAINT LUCIA
  159. SAN MARINO
  160. Sarawak
  161. SAUDI ARABIA
  162. SENEGAL
  163. SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
  164. SEYCHELLES
  165. SEYCHELLES
  166. SIERRA LEONE
  167. SIERRA LEONE
  168. SINGAPORE
  169. SINGAPORE
  170. SOLOMON ISLANDS
  171. SOMALIA
  172. Somaliland Protectorate
  173. Southern Rhodesia
  174. SPAIN
  175. SRI LANKA
  176. St Helena
  177. St Kitts Nevis Anguilla
  178. ST LUCIA
  179. St Vincent
  180. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  181. SUDAN
  182. Surinam
  183. SURINAME
  184. SWAZILAND
  185. SWAZILAND
  186. SWEDEN
  187. SWITZERLAND
  188. SYRIA
  189. TAIWAN
  190. TAJIKISTAN
  191. TANGANYIKA
  192. TANGANYIKA
  193. THAILAND
  194. The Gambia
  195. TOGO
  196. Tokelau Islands
  197. Trinidad
  198. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  199. TUNISIA
  200. TURKEY
  201. UGANDA
  202. UGANDA
  203. UNITED KINGDOM
  204. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  205. URUGUAY
  206. VENEZUELA
  207. YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
  208. ZAMBIA
  209. Zanzibar
  210. ZIMBABWE

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Ratification 16 May 1963
ALGERIA Ratification 12 June 1969 12 June 1970
ANGOLA Succession 4 June 1976
Antigua Extension 17 January 1959
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Succession 2 February 1983 2 February 1983
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Declaration 2 February 1983
Antilles Extension 18 February 1959
ARGENTINA Ratification 18 January 1960
Aruba Extension 1 January 1986
Aruba Declaration 1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA Ratification 7 June 1960
AUSTRIA Ratification 5 March 1958
AZERBAIJAN Ratification 9 August 2000 9 August 2001
BAHAMAS Extension 17 January 1959
BAHAMAS Succession 25 May 1976
Bahrain Ratification 14 July 1998 14 July 1999
BANGLADESH Ratification 22 June 1972
BARBADOS Extension 17 January 1959
BARBADOS Ratification 8 May 1967
Basutoland Extension 17 January 1959
Bechuanaland Extension 17 January 1959
Bechuanaland Declaration 11 December 1964
BELARUS Ratification 25 September 1995
BELGIUM Ratification 23 January 1961
BELIZE Succession 15 December 1983 15 December 1983
Bermuda Extension 17 January 1959
BOLIVIA Ratification 11 June 1990 11 September 1991
BOTSWANA Withdrawal 1 January 1905
BOTSWANA Succession 18 October 1966
BRAZIL Ratification 18 June 1965
British Guiana Extension 17 January 1959
British Honduras Extension 27 April 1966
British Virgin Islands Extension 17 January 1959
Brunei Extension 17 January 1959
BULGARIA Ratification 23 March 1999 23 March 2000
BURUNDI Ratification 11 March 1963
CAMBODIA Ratification 23 August 1999 23 August 2000
CAMEROON Ratification 3 September 1962
CAMEROON Ratification 25 May 1970
CANADA Ratification 14 July 1959
CAPE VERDE Succession 3 April 1979 3 April 1979
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Ratification 9 June 1964
CHAD Ratification 8 June 1961
CHILE Ratification 1 February 1999 1 February 2000
CHINA Declaration 20 October 1999
COLOMBIA Ratification 7 June 1963
COMOROS Succession 23 October 1978 23 October 1978
CONGO Ratification 26 November 1999 26 November 2000
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Ratification 20 June 2001 20 June 2002
Cook Islands Extension 28 September 1973
COSTA RICA Ratification 4 May 1959
COTE D'IVOIRE Ratification 5 May 1961
CUBA Ratification 2 June 1958
CYPRUS Extension 8 January 1960
CYPRUS Declaration 8 January 1960
CYPRUS Succession 23 September 1960
DAHOMEY Ratification 22 May 1961
DENMARK Ratification 17 January 1958
DJIBOUTI Succession 3 August 1978 3 August 1978
DJIBOUTI Declaration 3 August 1978
Dominica Extension 17 January 1959
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF Succession 28 February 1983 28 February 1983
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF Declaration 28 February 1983
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Ratification 23 June 1958
ECUADOR Ratification 5 February 1962
EGYPT Ratification 23 October 1958
EL SALVADOR Ratification 18 November 1958
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Ratification 13 August 2001 13 August 2002
ERITREA Ratification 22 February 2000 22 February 2001
ESTONIA Ratification 7 February 1996 7 February 1997
ETHIOPIA Ratification 24 March 1999 24 March 2000
Falkland Islands Extension 17 January 1959
Faroe Islands Extension 17 January 1958 17 January 1959
Fiji Extension 18 February 1964
Fiji Succession 19 April 1974
FINLAND Ratification 27 May 1960
FRANCE Ratification 18 December 1969
FRANCE App without mod 27 November 1974
French Overseas Territories Extension 27 November 1974
GABON Ratification 29 May 1961
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Ratification 22 June 1959
GHANA Ratification 15 December 1958
Gibraltar Extension 17 January 1959
Gilbert And Ellice Islands Extension 17 January 1959
GREECE Ratification 30 March 1962
Greenland Extension 17 January 1958 17 January 1959
GRENADA Extension 17 January 1959
GRENADA Succession 9 July 1979 9 July 1979
GRENADA Declaration 9 July 1979
GUATEMALA Ratification 9 December 1959
Guernsey Extension 17 March 1959
GUINEA Ratification 11 July 1961
GUINEA BISSAU Succession 21 February 1977
GUYANA Ratification 8 June 1966
HAITI Ratification 4 March 1958
HONDURAS Ratification 4 August 1958
Hong Kong Extension 25 November 1959
HUNGARY Ratification 4 January 1994 4 January 1995
ICELAND Ratification 29 November 1960
INDIA Ratification 18 May 2000 18 May 2001
INDONESIA Ratification 7 June 1999 7 June 2000
IRAN Ratification 13 April 1959
IRAQ Ratification 15 June 1959
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Ratification 11 June 1958
Isle Of Man Extension 17 March 1959
ISRAEL Ratification 10 April 1958
ITALY Ratification 15 March 1968
JAMAICA Extension 17 January 1959
JAMAICA Ratification 26 December 1962
Jersey Extension 17 March 1959
JORDAN Ratification 31 March 1958
KAZAKHSTAN Ratification 18 May 2001 18 May 2002
KENYA Extension 16 March 1962
KENYA Succession 13 January 1964
KIRIBATI Ratification 3 February 2000 3 February 2000
KUWAIT Ratification 21 September 1961 21 September 1962
KYRGYZSTAN Ratification 18 February 1999 18 February 2000
LATVIA Ratification 27 January 1992 27 January 1993
LEBANON Ratification 1 June 1977 1 June 1978
LESOTHO Ratification 14 June 2001 14 June 2002
LIBERIA Ratification 25 May 1962
LIBYA Ratification 13 June 1961
LITHUANIA Ratification 26 September 1994 26 September 1995
LUXEMBOURG Ratification 24 July 1964
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Ratification 10 July 2003 10 July 2004
MALAWI Ratification 19 November 1999 19 November 2000
MALAYA Ratification 13 October 1958
MALAYA Denunciation 10 January 1990 10 January 1991
MALAYSIA Ratification 3 March 1964
MALI Ratification 28 May 1962
MALTA Extension 17 January 1959
MALTA Ratification 4 January 1965
MAURITIUS Extension 17 January 1959
MAURITIUS Ratification 2 December 1969
MEXICO Ratification 1 June 1959
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Ratification 10 March 1993 10 March 1994
MONGOLIA Ratification 15 March 2005 15 March 2005
Montserrat Extension 17 January 1959
MOROCCO Ratification 1 December 1966
MOZAMBIQUE Ratification 6 June 1977 6 June 1978
NAURU Extension 5 October 1961 5 October 1961
NEPAL Ratification 30 August 2007 30 August 2008
NETHERLANDS THE Ratification 18 February 1959
Netherlands West Indies Extension 17 January 1959
New Guinea Extension 18 February 1959
New Guinea Extension 5 October 1961 5 October 1961
NEW ZEALAND Ratification 14 June 1968
NICARAGUA Ratification 31 October 1967
NIGER Ratification 23 March 1962
NIGERIA Extension 5 July 1960
NIGERIA Declaration 5 July 1960
NIGERIA Succession 17 October 1960
Niue Island Extension 14 June 1968
Norfolk Island Extension 5 October 1961 5 October 1961
North Borneo Extension 17 January 1959
NORWAY Ratification 14 April 1958
PAKISTAN Ratification 15 February 1960
PANAMA Ratification 16 May 1966
Papua Extension 5 October 1962 5 October 1962
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Succession 1 May 1976
PARAGUAY Ratification 16 May 1968
PERU Ratification 6 December 1960
PHILIPPINES Ratification 17 November 1960
POLAND Ratification 30 July 1958
PORTUGAL Ratification 23 November 1959
PORTUGAL Declaration 4 October 1999
Rhodesia And Nyasaland Extension 24 October 1960
ROMANIA Ratification 3 August 1998 3 August 1999
Ruanda Urundi Extension 23 January 1961
RUSSIAN FEDERATION Ratification 2 July 1998 2 July 1999
RWANDA Ratification 18 September 1962
SAINT LUCIA Ratification 14 May 1980 14 May 1980
SAN MARINO Ratification 1 February 1995
Sarawak Extension 17 January 1959
SAUDI ARABIA Ratification 15 July 1978 15 July 1979
SENEGAL Ratification 28 July 1961
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Ratification 15 July 2003 15 July 2004
SEYCHELLES Extension 17 January 1959
SEYCHELLES Succession 6 February 1978 6 February 1978
SEYCHELLES Declaration 6 February 1978
SIERRA LEONE Extension 17 January 1959
SIERRA LEONE Ratification 13 June 1961
SINGAPORE Extension 17 January 1959
SINGAPORE Ratification 25 October 1965
SINGAPORE Statement 25 October 1965
SINGAPORE Denunciation 22 May 1979 19 April 1980
SOLOMON ISLANDS Extension 8 March 1960
SOLOMON ISLANDS Declaration 8 March 1960
SOMALIA Ratification 18 November 1960
SOMALIA Confirmation 8 December 1961
Somaliland Protectorate Extension 17 January 1959
Southern Rhodesia Extension 7 July 1959
SPAIN Ratification 6 November 1967
SRI LANKA Ratification 7 January 2003 7 January 2004
St Helena Extension 17 January 1959
St Kitts Nevis Anguilla Extension 17 January 1959
ST LUCIA Extension 17 January 1959
St Vincent Extension 17 January 1959
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Ratification 21 October 1998 31 May 1998
SUDAN Ratification 22 October 1970
Surinam Extension 18 February 1959
SURINAME Succession 15 June 1976
SWAZILAND Extension 17 January 1959
SWAZILAND Ratification 28 February 1979 28 February 1980
SWEDEN Ratification 2 June 1958
SWITZERLAND Ratification 18 July 1958
SYRIA Ratification 23 October 1958
TAIWAN Ratification 31 March 1959
TAIWAN Declaration 11 June 1984
TAJIKISTAN Ratification 23 September 1999 23 September 2000
TANGANYIKA Extension 27 May 1960
TANGANYIKA Ratification 30 January 1962
TANGANYIKA Ratification 22 June 1964
THAILAND Ratification 2 December 1969
The Gambia Extension 11 April 1960
The Gambia Declaration 11 April 1960
TOGO Ratification 10 July 1999 10 July 2000
Tokelau Islands Extension 14 June 1968
Trinidad Extension 17 January 1959
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Ratification 24 May 1963
TUNISIA Ratification 12 January 1959
TURKEY Ratification 29 March 1961
UGANDA Extension 16 March 1962
UGANDA Succession 4 June 1963
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 30 December 1957
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ratification 25 September 1991 25 September 1992
URUGUAY Ratification 22 November 1968
VENEZUELA Ratification 16 November 1964
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Ratification 14 April 1969
ZAMBIA Ratification 22 February 1965 22 February 1966
Zanzibar Extension 7 July 1959
ZIMBABWE Succession 6 June 1980 6 June 1980
ZIMBABWE Declaration 6 June 1980

Citations

  1. UN Registration Intern/0: 320 291
  2. Command Paper 0/1957: Cmnd. 313
Metadata

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UUID: 47b8680a-4f29-4f57-a1f8-ba36edbaf4d1
Treaty ID: 4277
Record ID: 72727