Maternity Protection Convention, 2000

ILO Convention

C183
Maternity Protection Convention, 2000
Date of adoption	June 15, 2000
Date in force	February 7, 2002
Classification	Maternity Benefit Maternity Protection
Subject	Maternity Protection
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Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 2000, with the preamble stating:

"Noting the need to revise the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952, and the Maternity Protection Recommendation, 1952, in order to further promote equality of all women in the workforce and the health and safety of the mother and child, and in order to recognize the diversity in economic and social development of Members, as well as the diversity of enterprises, and the development of the protection of maternity in national law and practice, and

"Noting the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979), the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers (1975), the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up (1998), as well as the international labour Conventions and Recommendations aimed at ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women workers, in particular the Convention concerning Workers with Family Responsibilities, 1981, and

"Taking into account the circumstances of women workers and the need to provide protection for pregnancy, which are the shared responsibility of government and society, and

"Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952, and Recommendation, 1952, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and

"Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention;

"adopts this fifteenth day of June of the year two thousand the following Convention, which may be cited as the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000." ^[1]

History

This Convention revised a 1952 ILO convention (C103) , which in turn was a revision of the original 1919 ILO convention (C3). The revision was aimed at gaining more ratification by easing the requirements of the 1952 convention.^[2]

Content

The convention addresses the following subjects:

• Health protection
• Maternity leave
• Leave in case of illness or complications
• Benefits
• Employment protection and non-discrimination
• Breastfeeding mothers

Ratifications

The following 18 countries have ratified this Convention:^[3]

Country	Date	Notes
Albania	24 July 2004
Austria	30 April 2004
Belarus	10 February 2004
Belize	9 November 2005
Bulgaria	6 December 2001
Cuba	1 June 2004
Cyprus	12 January 2005
Hungary	4 November 2003
Italy	7 February 2001
Latvia	9 February 2009
Lithuania	23 September 2003
Luxembourg	8 April 2008
Mali	5 June 2008
Republic of Moldova	28 August 2006
Netherlands	15 January 2009	European territory
Romania	23 October 2002
Slovakia	12 December 2000
Slovenia	1 March 2010

References

1. ^ [1], ILO website, text of convention.
2. ^ "31 725 (R 1867) Verdrag inzake de herziening van het Verdrag betreffende de bescherming van het moederschap (herzien), 1952; Genève, 15 juni 2000" (in Dutch). Dutch government (officielebekendmakingen.nl). 3 October 2008. https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/dossier/31725%20%28R1867%29/kst-31725-2?resultIndex=1&sorttype=1&sortorder=4. Retrieved 30 October 2010. 
3. ^ [2], ILO website, list of ratifying countries.

External links

• www.ilo.org/ official ILO site.