Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
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Date of adoption | July 9, 1920 |
Date in force | March 16, 1923 |
Classification | Social Security |
Subject | Seafarers |
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It was established in 1920:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the "supervision of articles of agreement; provision of facilities for finding employment for seamen; application to seamen of the Convention and Recommendations adopted at Washington in November last in regard to unemployment and unemployment insurance",...
Ratifications
editAs of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 60 states. Of the ratifying states, 45 have subsequently denounced the treaty automatically.