STATUS REPORT

ABOLITION OF FORCED LABOUR CONVENTION

(Geneva, 25/06/1957)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 18-Jan-63

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 12-13-10
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Fiji   Succession (d)    
Kiribati   19 Apr 1974 Rt    
Papua New Guinea   03 Feb 2000 Rt    
Vanuatu   01 May 1976 Rt    
 
Afghanistan        
Albania   16 May 1963 Rt    
Algeria   27 Feb 1997 Rt    
Angola   12 Jun 1969 Rt    
Antigua and Barbuda   04 Jun 1976 Rt    
Argentina   02 Feb 1983 Rt    
Armenia   18 Jan 1960 Rt    
Australia   17 Dec 2004 Rt    
Austria   07 Jun 1960 Rt    
Azerbaijan   05 Mar 1958 Rt    
Bahamas   09 Aug 2000 Rt    
Bahrain   25 May 1976 Rt    
Bangladesh   14 Jul 1998 Rt    
Barbados   22 Jun 1972 Rt    
Belarus   08 May 1967 Rt    
Belgium   25 Sep 1995 Rt    
Belize   23 Jan 1961 Rt    
Benin   15 Dec 1983 Rt    
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela   15 Dec 1997 Rt    
Bolivia   22 May 1961 Rt    
Bosnia and Herzegovina   11 Jun 1990 Rt    
Botswana   15 Nov 2000 Rt    
Brazil   05 Jun 1997 Rt    
Bulgaria   18 Jun 1965 Rt    
Burkina Faso   23 Mar 1999 Rt    
Burundi   25 Aug 1997 Rt    
Cambodia   11 Mar 1963 Rt    
Cameroon   23 Aug 1999 Rt    
Canada   03 Sep 1962 Rt    
Cape Verde   14 Jul 1959 Rt    
Central African Republic   03 Apr 1979 Rt    
Chad   09 Jun 1964 Rt    
Chile   08 Jun 1961 Rt    
Colombia   01 Feb 1999 Rt    
Comoros   07 Jun 1963 Rt    
Congo   23 Oct 1978 Rt    
Costa Rica   20 Jun 2001 Rt    
Cote d'Ivoire   04 May 1959 Rt    
Croatia   05 May 1961 Rt    
Cuba   05 Mar 1997 Rt    
Cyprus   02 Jun 1958 Rt    
Czech Republic   23 Sep 1960 Rt    
Democratic Republic of the Congo   26 Nov 1999 Rt    
Denmark   06 Aug 1996 Rt    
Djibouti   17 Jan 1958 Rt    
Dominica   03 Aug 1978 Rt    
Dominican Republic   28 Feb 1983 Rt    
Ecuador   23 Jun 1958 Rt    
Egypt   05 Feb 1962 Rt    
El Salvador   23 Oct 1958 Rt    
Equatorial Guinea   18 Nov 1958 Rt    
Eritrea   13 Aug 2001 Rt    
Estonia   22 Feb 2000 Rt    
Ethiopia   07 Feb 1996 Rt    
Finland   24 Mar 1999 Rt    
France   27 May 1960 Rt    
Gabon   18 Dec 1969 Rt    
Gambia   29 May 1961 Rt    
Georgia   04 Sep 2000 Rt    
Germany   23 Sep 1996 Rt    
Ghana   22 Jun 1959 Rt    
Greece   15 Dec 1958 Rt    
Grenada   30 Mar 1962 Rt    
Guatemala   09 Jul 1979 Rt    
Guinea   21 Feb 1977 Rt    
Guinea-Bissau   09 Dec 1959 Rt    
Guyana   11 Jul 1961 Rt    
Haiti   08 Jun 1966 Rt    
Honduras   04 Mar 1958 Rt    
Hungary   04 Aug 1958 Rt    
Iceland   04 Jan 1994 Rt    
India   29 Nov 1960 Rt    
Indonesia   18 May 2000 Rt    
Iraq   13 Apr 1959 Rt    
Ireland   15 Jun 1959 Rt    
Israel   11 Jun 1958 Rt    
Italy   10 Apr 1958 Rt    
Jamaica   15 Mar 1968 Rt    
Jordan   26 Dec 1962 Rt    
Kazakhstan   31 Mar 1958 Rt    
Kenya   18 May 2001    
Kuwait   13 Jan 1964 Rt    
Kyrgyzstan   21 Sep 1961 Rt    
Latvia   18 Feb 1999 Rt    
Lebanon   27 Jan 1992 Rt    
Lesotho   01 Jun 1977 Rt    
Liberia   14 Jun 2001 Rt    
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   25 May 1962 Rt    
Lithuania   13 Jun 1961 Rt    
Luxembourg   26 Sep 1994 Rt    
Malawi   15 Jul 2003 Rt    
Malaysia   19 Nov 1999 Rt    
Mali   13 Oct 1958 Rt   denounced on 10 Jan 1990
Malta   28 May 1962 Rt    
Mauritania   04 Jan 1965 Rt    
Mauritius   03 Apr 1997 Rt    
Mexico   02 Dec 1969 Rt    
Mongolia   10 Mar 1993 Rt    
Morocco   15 Mar 2005 Rt    
Mozambique   01 Dec 1966 Rt    
Namibia   06 Jun 1977 Rt    
Netherlands   15 Nov 2000 Rt    
New Zealand   18 Feb 1959 Rt    
Nicaragua   14 Jun 1968 Rt    
Niger   31 Oct 1967 Rt    
Nigeria   23 Mar 1962 Rt    
Norway   17 Oct 1960 Rt    
Oman   14 Apr 1958 Rt    
Pakistan   21 Jul 2005 Rt    
Panama   15 Feb 1960 Rt    
Paraguay   16 May 1966 Rt    
Peru   16 May 1968 Rt    
Philippines   06 Dec 1960 Rt    
Poland   17 Nov 1960 Rt    
Portugal   30 Jul 1958 Rt    
Republic of Moldova   01 Jun 1959 Rt    
Romania   23 Nov 1959 Rt    
Russian Federation   03 Aug 1998 Rt    
Rwanda   02 Jul 1998 Rt    
Saint Kitts and Nevis   18 Sep 1962 Rt    
Saint Lucia   12 Oct 2000 Rt    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   14 May 1980 Rt    
San Marino   21 Oct 1998 Rt    
Sao Tome and Principe   01 Feb 1995 Rt    
Saudi Arabia   04 May 2005 Rt    
Senegal   15 Jun 1978 Rt    
Serbia and Montenegro   28 Jul 1961 Rt    
Seychelles   10 Jul 2003 Rt    
Sierra Leone   06 Feb 1978 Rt    
Singapore   13 Jun 1961 Rt    
Slovakia   25 Oct 1965 Rt    
Slovenia   29 Sep 1997 Rt    
Somalia   24 Jun 1997 Rt    
South Africa   08 Dec 1961 Rt    
Spain   05 Mar 1997 Rt    
Sri Lanka   06 Nov 1967 Rt    
Sudan   07 Jan 2003 Rt    
Suriname   22 Oct 1970 Rt    
Swaziland   15 Jun 1976 Rt    
Sweden   28 Feb 1979 Rt    
Switzerland   02 Jun 1958 Rt    
Syrian Arab Republic   18 Jul 1958 Rt    
Tajikistan   23 Oct 1958 Rt    
Tanzania United Republic of   23 Sep 1999 Rt    
Thailand   30 Jan 1962 Rt    
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   24 Jul 1964 Rt    
Togo   02 Dec 1969 Rt    
Trinidad and Tobago   10 Jul 1999 Rt    
Tunisia   24 May 1963 Rt    
Turkey   12 Jan 1959 Rt    
Turkmenistan   29 Mar 1961 Rt    
Uganda   15 May 1997 Rt    
Ukraine   04 Jun 1963 Rt    
United Arab Emirates   14 Dec 2000 Rt    
United Kingdom   24 Feb 1997 Rt    
United States   30 Dec 1957 Rt    
Uruguay   25 Sep 1991 Rt    
Uzbekistan   22 Nov 1968 Rt    
Yemen   16 Nov 1964 Rt    
Zambia   14 Apr 1969 Rt    
Zimbabwe   22 Feb 1965 Rt    
the Islamic Republic of Iran   07 Jun 1999 Rt    
Keys:
  • Accession (a)
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  • Approval (AA)
  • Definitive Signature (s)
  • Formal confirmation (c)
  • Participation (P)
  • Notification (of provisional application, of special undertaking, etc) (n)
  • Ratification (Rt)
  • Reservation (r)
  • Succession (d)
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