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RATIFICATIONS

INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON MIGRATION/MIGRANTS RIGHTS

ILO Migration for Employment Convention No. 97 of 1949

ILO Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention No. 143 of 1975

The 1990 International Convention
On the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of their Families

STATUS as of February 18, 2008

Twenty (20) ratifications / accessions are needed for the Convention to enter into force and become effective [1] .  The convention finally came into force on July 1, 2003. The election of the Treaty Body was held on 11 December 2003.  10 Experts (5/2, 5/4 years terms) – 14 after 41 Ratifications

State

(In bold, has ratified one or more instruments)

Ratification ILO

C-97

Ratification ILO

C-143

Date of Ratification or Accession (a)

Migrant Workers Convention

Date of Signature

Migrant Workers Convention

Albania
2 March 2005
12 September 2006
   

Algeria

19 October 1962

21 April 2005a

 

Argentina

23 February 2007  

10 August 2004

Armenia
27 January 2006
27 January 2006
   

Azerbaijan

11 January 1999a

 

Bahamas
25 May 1976
     

Bangladesh

 

7 October 1998

Barbados
8 May 1967
     
Belgium
27 July 1953
     

Belize

15 December 1983

14 November 2001a

 

Benin

11 June 1980
 

 15 September 2005

Bolivia

12 October 2000a

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2 June 1993
2 June 1993

13 December 1996a

 

Brazil
18 June 1965
     

Burkina Faso

9 June 1961
9 December 1977

26 November 2003

16 November 2001

Cambodia

 

27 September 2004

Cameroon
3 September 1962
4 July 1978
   

Cape Verde

16 September 1997a

 

Chile

21 March 2005

24 September 1993

Colombia

24 May 1995a

 

Comoros

 

22 September 2000

Cuba
29 April 1952
     
Cyprus
23 September 1960
28 June 1977
   
Dominica
28 February 1983
     

Ecuador

5 April 1978

5 February 2002a

 

El Salvador

14 March 2003

13 September 2002

Egypt

19 February 1993a

 

France
29 March 1954
     

Gabon

 

15 December 2004

Germany
22 June 1959
     

Ghana

8 September 2000a

Granada
9 July 1979
     

Guatemala

13 Feb 1952

14 March 2003

7 September 2000

Guinea

5 June 1978

8 September 2000a

 

Guinea-Bissau

 

12 September 2000

Guyana

8 June 1966

 

15 September 2005

Honduras

11 August 2005

 

Hong Kong (ChinaSAR) [2]
22 Jan 1951 [2]
     

Indonesia

 

22 September 2004

Israel
30 March 1953
 
Italy
22 October 1952
23 June 1981
 
Jamaica
22 December 1962
 
Kenya
30 November 1965
9 April 1979
 

Kyrgyz Republic

29 September 2003a

 

Lesotho

16 September 2005  

24 September 2004

Liberia

 

22 September 2004

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

18 June 2004a

 

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
17 November 1991
17 November 1991
   
Madagascar
14 June 2001
   
Malawi
22 Mar 1965
   
Malaysia ( Sabah)
3 March 1964
   
Mali
5 June 2003a
 

Mauritania

22 January 2007a

 

Mauritius
2 December 1969
     

Mexico

8 March 1999

22 May 1991

Moldova
12 Dec 2005
     
Montenegro      
23 October 2006

Morocco

21 June 1993

15 August 1991

Netherlands
20 May 1952
 
New Zealand
10 November 1950
 

Nicaragua

26 October 2005a

 

Nigeria
17 October 1960
   
Norway
17 February 1955
24 January 1979
   

Paraguay

 

13 September 2000

Peru

14 September 2005  

22 September 2004

Philippines