Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996

**ILO Convention**
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Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996
Date of adoption	October 22, 1996
Date in force	April 22, 2000
Classification	Seafarers
Subject	Seafarers
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Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1996, with the preamble stating:

Recalling the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982, on 16 November 1994, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920, ...^[1]

[edit] Ratifications

**The following countries have ratified this Convention:**
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