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... Adopts this twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine
hundred and thirty the following Convention, which may be cited as the
Forced Labour Convention, 1930, for ratification by the Members of the
International Labour Organisation in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organisation: ...
... Adopts this twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine
hundred and thirty the following Convention, which may be cited as the
Forced Labour Convention, 1930, for ratification by the Members of the
International Labour Organisation in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organisation: ...
... 1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies
this Convention undertakes to suppress the use of forced or compulsory
labour in all its forms within the shortest possible period. ...
... 3. At the expiration of a period of five years after the coming into
force of this Convention, and when the Governing Body of the International
Labour Office prepares the report provided for in article 31 below, the
said Governing Body shall consider the possibility of the suppression of
forced or compulsory labour in all its forms without a further
transitional period and the desirability of placing this question on the
agenda of the Conference. ...
... 1. For the purposes of this Convention the term "forced or
compulsory labour" shall mean all work or service which is exacted
from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said
person has not offered himself voluntarily. ...
... 2. Nevertheless, for the purposes of this Convention the term "forced
or compulsory labour" shall not include: ...
... For the purposes of this Convention the term "competent authority"
shall mean either an authority of the metropolitan country or the highest
central authority in the territory concerned. ...
... 2. Where such forced or compulsory labour for the benefit of private
individuals, companies or associations exists at the date on which a
Member's ratification of this Convention is registered by the
Director-General of the International Labour Office, the Member shall
completely suppress such forced or compulsory labour from the date on
which this Convention comes into force for that Member. ...
... 2. Where such forced or compulsory labour for the benefit of private
individuals, companies or associations exists at the date on which a
Member's ratification of this Convention is registered by the
Director-General of the International Labour Office, the Member shall
completely suppress such forced or compulsory labour from the date on
which this Convention comes into force for that Member. ...
... 2. Where concessions exist containing provisions involving such forced
or compulsory labour, such provisions shall be rescinded as soon as
possible, in order to comply with article 1 of this Convention. ...
... 2. Chiefs who exercise administrative functions may, with the express
permission of the competent authority, have recourse to forced or
compulsory labour, subject to the provisions of article 10 of this
Convention. ...
... 2. Nevertheless, that authority may delegate powers to the highest local
authorities to exact forced or compulsory labour which does not involve
the removal of the workers from their place of habitual residence. That
authority may also delegate, for such periods and subject to such
conditions as may be laid down in the regulations provided for in article
23 of this Convention, powers to the highest local authorities to exact
forced or compulsory labour which involves the removal of the workers from
their place of habitual residence for the purpose of facilitating the
movement of officials of the administration, when on duty, and for the
transport of Government stores. ...
... Except as otherwise provided for in article 10 of this Convention, any
authority competent to exact forced or compulsory labour shall, before
deciding to have recourse to such labour, satisfy itself: ...
... 1. Only adult able-bodied males who are of an apparent age of not less
than 18 and not more than 45 years may be called upon for forced or
compulsory labour. Except in respect of the kinds of labour provided for
in article 10 of this Convention, the following limitations and conditions
shall apply: ...
... 2. For the purposes of subparagraph (c) of the preceding paragraph, the
regulations provided for in article 23 of this Convention shall fix the
proportion of the resident adult able-bodied males who may be taken at any
one time for forced or compulsory labour, provided always that this
proportion shall in no case exceed 25 per cent. In fixing this proportion
the competent authority shall take account of the density of the
population, of its social and physical development, of the seasons, and of
the work which must be done by the persons concerned on their own behalf
in their locality, and, generally, shall have regard to the economic and
social necessities of the normal life of the community concerned. ...
... 1. With the exception of the forced or compulsory labour provided for in
article 10 of this Convention, forced or compulsory labour of all kinds
shall be remunerated in cash at rates not less than those prevailing for
similar kinds of work either in the district in which the labour is
employed or in the district from which the labour is recruited, whichever
may be the higher. ...
... The annual reports that Members which ratify this Convention agree to
make to the International Labour Office, pursuant to the provisions of
article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation,
on the measures they have taken to give effect to the provisions of this
Convention, shall contain as full information as possible, in respect of
each territory concerned, regarding the extent to which recourse has been
had to forced or compulsory labour in that territory, the purposes for
which it has been employed, the sickness and death rates, hours of work,
methods of payment of wages and rates of wages, and any other relevant
information. ...
... The annual reports that Members which ratify this Convention agree to
make to the International Labour Office, pursuant to the provisions of
article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation,
on the measures they have taken to give effect to the provisions of this
Convention, shall contain as full information as possible, in respect of
each territory concerned, regarding the extent to which recourse has been
had to forced or compulsory labour in that territory, the purposes for
which it has been employed, the sickness and death rates, hours of work,
methods of payment of wages and rates of wages, and any other relevant
information. ...
... 1. To give effect to the provisions of this Convention the competent
authority shall issue complete and precise regulations governing the use
of forced or compulsory labour. ...
... The illegal exaction of forced or compulsory labour shall be punishable
as a penal offence, and it shall be an obligation on any Member ratifying
this Convention to ensure that the penalties imposed by law are really
adequate and are strictly enforced. ...
... 1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies
this Convention undertakes to apply it to the territories placed under its
sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, suzerainty, tutelage or authority,
so far as it has the right to accept obligations affecting matters of
internal jurisdiction; provided that, if such Member may desire to take
advantage of the provisions of article 35 of the Constitution of the
International Labour Organisation, it shall append to its ratification a
declaration stating: ...
... (1) The territories to which it intends to apply the provisions of this
Convention without modification; ...
... (2) The territories to which it intends to apply the provisions of this
Convention with modifications, together with details of the said
modifications; ...
... The formal ratifications of this Convention under the conditions set
forth in the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation shall
be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office
for registration. ...
... 1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members whose
ratifications have been registered with the International Labour Office.
...
... 3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member
twelve months after the date on which the ratification has been
registered. ...
... 1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the
expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes
into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not
take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered with
the International Labour Office. ...
... 1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the
expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes
into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not
take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered with
the International Labour Office. ...
... 2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not,
within the year following the expiration of the period of ten years
mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation
provided for in this article, will be bound for another period of five
years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention at the expiration of
each period of five years under the terms provided for in this article.
...
... 2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not,
within the year following the expiration of the period of ten years
mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation
provided for in this article, will be bound for another period of five
years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention at the expiration of
each period of five years under the terms provided for in this article.
...
... At the expiration of each period of five years after the coming into
force of this Convention, the Governing Body of the International Labour
Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working of
this Convention and shall consider the desirability of placing on the
agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.
...
... At the expiration of each period of five years after the coming into
force of this Convention, the Governing Body of the International Labour
Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working of
this Convention and shall consider the desirability of placing on the
agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.
...
... 1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention
in whole or in part, the ratification by a Member of the new revising
Convention shall ipso jure involve denunciation of this Convention without
any requirement of delay, notwithstanding the provisions of article 30
above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force.
...
... 1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention
in whole or in part, the ratification by a Member of the new revising
Convention shall ipso jure involve denunciation of this Convention without
any requirement of delay, notwithstanding the provisions of article 30
above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force.
...
... 1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention
in whole or in part, the ratification by a Member of the new revising
Convention shall ipso jure involve denunciation of this Convention without
any requirement of delay, notwithstanding the provisions of article 30
above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force.
...
... 1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention
in whole or in part, the ratification by a Member of the new revising
Convention shall ipso jure involve denunciation of this Convention without
any requirement of delay, notwithstanding the provisions of article 30
above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force.
...
... 1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention
in whole or in part, the ratification by a Member of the new revising
Convention shall ipso jure involve denunciation of this Convention without
any requirement of delay, notwithstanding the provisions of article 30
above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force.
...
... 2. As from the date of the coming into force of the new revising
Convention, the present Convention shall cease to be open to ratification
by the Members. ...
... 2. As from the date of the coming into force of the new revising
Convention, the present Convention shall cease to be open to ratification
by the Members. ...
... 3. Nevertheless, this Convention shall remain in force in its actual
form and content for those Members which have ratified it but have not
ratified the revising Convention. ...
... 3. Nevertheless, this Convention shall remain in force in its actual
form and content for those Members which have ratified it but have not
ratified the revising Convention. ...