| C183 | |
| Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 | |
| Date of adoption | June 15, 2000 |
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| 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]
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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]
The convention addresses the following subjects:
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 |