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Unemployment Convention, 1919

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Unemployment Convention, 1919
C2
ILO Convention
Date of adoptionNovember 28, 1919
Date in forceJuly 14, 1921
ClassificationUnemployment
SubjectEmployment policy and Promotion
PreviousHours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919
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Unemployment Convention, 1919 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1919:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the "question of preventing or providing against unemployment",...

Ratifications

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As of 2013, the convention had been ratified by 57 states. Of the ratifying states, three have subsequently denounced the treaty.

Country Date Notes
Argentina November 30, 1933
Australia June 15, 1972
Austria June 12, 1924
Belgium August 25, 1930
Bosnia and Herzegovina June 2, 1993
Bulgaria February 14, 1922 denounced July 20, 1960
Central African Republic June 9, 1964
Chile May 31, 1933
Colombia June 20, 1933
Cyprus October 8, 1965
Denmark October 13, 1921
Djibouti August 3, 1978
Ecuador February 5, 1962
Egypt July 3, 1954
Estonia December 20, 1922
Ethiopia June 11, 1966
Finland October 19, 1921
France August 25, 1925
Germany June 6, 1925
Greece November 19, 1920
Guyana June 8, 1966
Hungary March 1, 1928
Iceland February 17, 1958
India July 14, 1921 denounced April 16, 1938
Ireland September 4, 1925
Italy April 10, 1923
Japan November 23, 1922
Kenya January 13, 1964
Luxembourg April 16, 1928
Malta January 4, 1965
Mauritius December 2, 1969
Montenegro June 3, 2006
Morocco October 14, 1960
Myanmar July 14, 1921
Netherlands February 6, 1932
New Zealand March 29, 1938
Nicaragua April 12, 1934
North Macedonia November 17, 1991
Norway November 23, 1921
Papua New Guinea May 1, 1976
Poland June 21, 1924
Romania June 13, 1921
Serbia November 24, 2000 ratified as Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles February 6, 1978
Slovenia May 29, 1992
South Africa February 20, 1924
Spain July 4, 1923
South Korea November 7, 2011
Sudan June 18, 1957
Sweden September 27, 1921
Switzerland October 9, 1922
Syrian Arab Republic July 26, 1960 As the United Arab Republic
Turkey July 14, 1950
Ukraine May 16, 1994
United Kingdom July 14, 1921
Uruguay June 6, 1933 denounced November 11, 1982
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela November 20, 1944
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