Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975

Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975, or Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers is an International Labour Organization Convention for the rights of migrant workers. However unlike the United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, there are restrictions of migrant worker to be applied on Article 11.

It was established in 1975:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to migrant workers,...

• Article 1. Each Member for which this Convention in force undertake to respect the basic human rights of all migrant workers.
• Article 11. (1)For this Convention the term migrant worker means a person who migrates or who has migrated from one country to another with a view to bring employed otherwise than on his own account and includes any person regularly admitted as a migrant worker.

(2) It does not apply to (a) frontier workers (b) artistes and members of liberal profession (c) seamen (d) persons coming specially for purpose of education

Ratifications

As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 23 states. Yugoslavia is a former ratifying state.

Countries	Date	Notes
Albania	2006
Armenia	2006
Benin	1980
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1993
Burkina Faso	1977
Cameroon	1978
Cyprus	1977
Guinea	1978
Italy	1981
Kenya	1979
Republic of Macedonia	1991
Montenegro	2006
Norway	1979
Philippines	2006
Portugal	1978
San Marino	1985
Serbia	2000	ratified as the  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Slovenia	1992
Sweden	1982
Tajikistan	2007
Togo	1983
Uganda	1978
Venezuela	1983

External links

• Text.
• Ratifications.