Convention concerning the abolition of forced labour

General information

• Entry into force: 17-01-1959

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 18-02-1960

Netherlands (Bonaire)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Netherlands (Saba)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Aruba

• Entry into force: 01-01-1986

Curaçao

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Sint Maarten

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Party

Afghanistan

• Ratification: 16-05-1963 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-05-1964

Albania

• Ratification: 27-02-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-02-1998

Algeria

• Ratification: 12-06-1969 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-06-1970

Angola

• Ratification: 04-06-1976 (Su)
• Entry into force: 11-11-1975

Antigua and Barbuda

• Ratification: 02-02-1983 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-02-1984

Argentina

• Ratification: 18-01-1960 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-01-1961

Armenia

• Ratification: 17-12-2004 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-12-2005

Australia

• Ratification: 07-06-1960 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-06-1961
• Nauru (< 31-01-1968)
  Entry into force: 05-10-1962
  Termination: 31-01-1968New Guinea (< 16-09-1975)
  Entry into force: 05-10-1962
  Termination: 16-09-1975Norfolk Island
  Entry into force: 05-10-1962Papua (< 16-09-1975)
  Entry into force: 05-10-1962
  Termination: 16-09-1975

Austria

• Ratification: 05-03-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-03-1959

Azerbaijan

• Ratification: 09-08-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 09-08-2001

Bahamas

• Ratification: 25-05-1976 (Su)
• Entry into force: 10-07-1973

Bahrain

• Ratification: 14-07-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-07-1999

Bangladesh

• Ratification: 22-06-1972 (Su)
• Entry into force: 26-03-1971

Barbados

• Ratification: 08-05-1967 (Su)
• Entry into force: 30-11-1966

Belarus

• Ratification: 25-09-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-09-1996

Belgium

• Ratification: 23-01-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-01-1962
• Ruanda-Urundi ( <01-07-1962)
  Entry into force: 23-01-1962
  Termination: 01-07-1962

Belize

• Ratification: 15-12-1983 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1984

Benin

• Ratification: 22-05-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-05-1962

Bolivia

• Ratification: 11-06-1990 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-06-1991

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Ratification: 15-11-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-11-2001

Botswana

• Ratification: 05-06-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-06-1998

Brazil

• Ratification: 18-06-1965 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-06-1966

Bulgaria

• Ratification: 23-03-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-03-2000

Burkina Faso

• Ratification: 25-08-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-08-1998

Burundi

• Ratification: 11-03-1963 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-07-1962

Cabo Verde

• Ratification: 03-04-1979 (Su)
• Entry into force: 05-07-1975

Cambodia

• Ratification: 23-08-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-08-2000

Cameroon

• Ratification: 25-05-1970 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-05-1971

Canada

• Ratification: 14-07-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-07-1960

Central African Republic

• Ratification: 09-06-1964 (R)
• Entry into force: 09-06-1965

Chad

• Ratification: 08-06-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-06-1962

Chile

• Ratification: 01-02-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-02-2000

China

• Ratification: 12-08-2022 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-08-2023

Colombia

• Ratification: 07-06-1963 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-06-1964

Comoros

• Ratification: 23-10-1978 (Su)
• Entry into force: 06-07-1975

Cook Islands

• Ratification: 12-06-2015 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-06-2016

Costa Rica

• Ratification: 04-05-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-05-1960

Côte d'Ivoire

• Ratification: 05-05-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-05-1962

Croatia

• Ratification: 05-03-1997 (Su)
• Entry into force: 08-10-1991

Cuba

• Ratification: 02-06-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-06-1959

Cyprus

• Ratification: 23-09-1960 (Su)
• Entry into force: 16-08-1960

Czech Republic

• Ratification: 06-08-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-08-1997

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Ratification: 20-06-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-06-2002

Denmark

• Ratification: 17-01-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-01-1959
• Faroes
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959Greenland
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959

Djibouti

• Ratification: 03-08-1978 (Su)
• Entry into force: 27-06-1977

Dominica

• Ratification: 28-02-1983 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-02-1984

Dominican Republic

• Ratification: 23-06-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-06-1959

Ecuador

• Ratification: 05-02-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-02-1963

Egypt

• Ratification: 23-10-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-10-1959

El Salvador

• Ratification: 18-11-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-11-1959

Equatorial Guinea

• Ratification: 13-08-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-08-2002

Eritrea

• Ratification: 22-02-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-02-2001

Estonia

• Ratification: 07-02-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-02-1992

Eswatini

• Ratification: 28-02-1979 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-02-1980

Ethiopia

• Ratification: 24-03-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-03-2000

Fiji

• Ratification: 19-04-1974 (Su)
• Entry into force: 10-10-1970

Finland

• Ratification: 27-05-1960 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-05-1961

France

• Ratification: 18-12-1969 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-12-1970

Gabon

• Ratification: 29-05-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-05-1962

Gambia, The

• Ratification: 04-09-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-09-2001

Georgia

• Ratification: 23-09-1996 (Su)
• Entry into force: 23-09-1996

Germany

• Ratification: 22-06-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-06-1960

Ghana

• Ratification: 15-12-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1959

Greece

• Ratification: 30-03-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-03-1963

Grenada

• Ratification: 09-07-1979 (Su)
• Entry into force: 07-02-1974

Guatemala

• Ratification: 09-12-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 09-12-1960

Guinea

• Ratification: 11-07-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-07-1962

Guinea-Bissau

• Ratification: 21-02-1977 (Su)
• Entry into force: 24-09-1973

Guyana

• Ratification: 08-06-1966 (Su)
• Entry into force: 26-05-1966

Haïti

• Ratification: 04-03-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-03-1959

Honduras

• Ratification: 04-08-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-08-1959

Hungary

• Ratification: 04-01-1994 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-01-1995

Iceland

• Ratification: 29-11-1960 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-11-1961

India

• Ratification: 18-05-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-05-2001

Indonesia

• Ratification: 07-06-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-06-2000

Iran

• Ratification: 13-04-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-04-1960

Iraq

• Ratification: 15-06-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-06-1960

Ireland

• Ratification: 11-06-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-06-1959

Israel

• Ratification: 10-04-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-04-1959

Italy

• Ratification: 15-03-1968 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-03-1969

Jamaica

• Ratification: 26-12-1962 (Su)
• Entry into force: 06-08-1962

Japan

• Ratification: 19-07-2022 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-07-2023

Jordan

• Ratification: 31-03-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 31-03-1959

Kazakhstan

• Ratification: 18-05-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-05-2002

Kenya

• Ratification: 13-01-1964 (Su)
• Entry into force: 12-12-1963

Kiribati

• Ratification: 03-02-2000 (Su)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2001

Kuwait

• Ratification: 21-09-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 21-09-1962

Kyrgyzstan

• Ratification: 18-02-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-02-2000

Latvia

• Ratification: 27-01-1992 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-01-1993

Lebanon

• Ratification: 01-06-1977 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-06-1978

Lesotho

• Ratification: 14-06-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-06-2002

Liberia

• Ratification: 25-05-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-05-1963

Libya

• Ratification: 13-06-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-06-1962

Lithuania

• Ratification: 26-09-1994 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-09-1995

Luxembourg

• Ratification: 24-07-1964 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-07-1965

Madagascar

• Ratification: 06-06-2007 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-06-2008

Malawi

• Ratification: 19-11-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-11-2000

Malaysia

• Ratification: 13-10-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-10-1959
• Renunciation: 10-01-1990
• Termination: 10-01-1991

Maldives

• Ratification: 04-01-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-01-2014

Mali

• Ratification: 28-05-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-05-1963

Malta

• Ratification: 04-01-1965 (Su)
• Entry into force: 21-09-1964

Mauritania

• Ratification: 03-04-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-04-1998

Mauritius

• Ratification: 02-12-1969 (Su)
• Entry into force: 12-03-1968

Mexico

• Ratification: 01-06-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-06-1960

Moldova

• Ratification: 10-03-1993 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-03-1994

Mongolia

• Ratification: 15-03-2005 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-03-2006

Montenegro

• Ratification: 03-06-2006 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-06-2007

Morocco

• Ratification: 01-12-1966 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-12-1967

Mozambique

• Ratification: 06-06-1977 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-06-1978

Namibia

• Ratification: 15-11-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-11-2001

Nepal

• Ratification: 30-08-2007 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-08-2008

New Zealand

• Ratification: 14-06-1968 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-06-1969
• Cook Islands
  Entry into force: 28-09-1974Niue
  Entry into force: 14-06-1969Tokelau Islands
  Entry into force: 14-06-1969

Nicaragua

• Ratification: 31-10-1967 (R)
• Entry into force: 31-10-1968

Niger

• Ratification: 23-03-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-03-1963

Nigeria

• Ratification: 17-10-1960 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-10-1960

North Macedonia

• Ratification: 15-07-2003 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-2004

Norway

• Ratification: 14-04-1958 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-04-1959

Oman

• Ratification: 21-07-2005 (R)
• Entry into force: 21-07-2006

Pakistan

• Ratification: 15-02-1960 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-02-1961

Panama

• Ratification: 16-05-1966 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-05-1967

Papua New Guinea

• Ratification: 01-05-1976 (Su)
• Entry into force: 16-09-1975

Paraguay

• Ratification: 16-05-1968 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-05-1969

Peru

• Ratification: 06-12-1960 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-12-1961

Philippines

• Ratification: 17-11-1960 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-11-1961

Poland

• Ratification: 30-07-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-07-1959

Portugal

• Ratification: 23-11-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-11-1960

Qatar

• Ratification: 02-02-2007 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-02-2008

Republic of the Congo

• Ratification: 26-11-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-11-2000

Romania

• Ratification: 03-08-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-08-1999

Russian Federation

• Ratification: 02-07-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-07-1999

Rwanda

• Ratification: 18-09-1962 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-07-1962

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Ratification: 12-10-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-10-2001

Saint Lucia

• Ratification: 14-05-1980 (Su)
• Entry into force: 22-02-1979

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Ratification: 21-10-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 21-10-1999

Samoa

• Ratification: 30-06-2008 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-06-2009

San Marino

• Ratification: 01-02-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-02-1996

São Tomé e Principe

• Ratification: 04-05-2005 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-05-2006

Saudi Arabia

• Ratification: 15-06-1978 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-06-1979

Senegal

• Ratification: 28-07-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1962

Serbia

• Ratification: 10-07-2003 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-07-2004

Seychelles

• Ratification: 06-02-1978 (Su)
• Entry into force: 28-06-1976

Sierra Leone

• Ratification: 13-06-1961 (Su)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1961

Singapore

• Ratification: 25-10-1965 (Su)
• Entry into force: 09-08-1965
• Renunciation: 19-04-1979
• Termination: 19-04-1980

Slovakia

• Ratification: 29-09-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-09-1998

Slovenia

• Ratification: 24-06-1997 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-06-1991

Solomon Islands

• Ratification: 13-04-2012 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-04-2013

Somalia

• Ratification: 08-12-1961 (Su)
• Entry into force: 26-06-1960

South Africa

• Ratification: 05-03-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-03-1998

Spain

• Ratification: 06-11-1967 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-11-1968

Sri Lanka

• Ratification: 07-01-2003 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-01-2004

Sudan

• Ratification: 22-10-1970 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-10-1971

Suriname

• Ratification: 15-06-1976 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-06-1977

Sweden

• Ratification: 02-06-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-06-1959

Switzerland

• Ratification: 18-07-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-07-1959

Syria

• Ratification: 30-10-1961 (Su)
• Entry into force: 28-09-1961

Tajikistan

• Ratification: 23-09-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-09-2000

Tanzania

• Ratification: 30-01-1962 (Su)
• Entry into force: 09-12-1961

Thailand

• Ratification: 02-12-1969 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-12-1970

Togo

• Ratification: 10-07-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-07-2000

Trinidad and Tobago

• Ratification: 24-05-1963 (Su)
• Entry into force: 31-08-1962

Tunisia

• Ratification: 12-01-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-01-1960

Türkiye

• Ratification: 29-03-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-03-1962

Turkmenistan

• Ratification: 15-05-1997 (Su)
• Entry into force: 15-05-1997

Uganda

• Ratification: 04-06-1963 (Su)
• Entry into force: 09-10-1962

Ukraine

• Ratification: 14-12-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-12-2001

United Arab Emirates

• Ratification: 24-02-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-02-1998

United Kingdom

• Ratification: 30-12-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-01-1959
• Aden (< 30-11-1967)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 30-11-1967Anguilla
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959Antigua and Barbuda (< 01-11-1981)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 01-11-1981Bahamas (< 10-07-1973)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 10-07-1973Barbados (< 30-11-1966)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 30-11-1966Belize (< 21-09-1981)
  Entry into force: 27-04-1962
  Termination: 21-09-1981Bermuda
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959Botswana (< 30-09-1966)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 30-09-1966British North Borneo (< 16-09-1963)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 16-09-1963British Somaliland (< 26-06-1960)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 26-06-1960British Virgin Islands
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959Brunei (< 01-01-1984)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 01-01-1984Cyprus (< 16-08-1960)
  Entry into force: 08-01-1961
  Termination: 16-08-1960Dominica (< 03-11-1978)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 03-11-1978Falkland Islands
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959Fiji (< 10-10-1970)
  Entry into force: 18-02-1965
  Termination: 10-10-1970Gambia, The (< 18-02-1965)
  Entry into force: 11-04-1961
  Termination: 18-02-1965Gibraltar
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959Grenada (< 07-02-1974)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 07-02-1974Guernsey
  Entry into force: 17-03-1960Guiana (< 26-05-1966)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 26-05-1966Hong Kong (< 01-07-1997)
  Entry into force: 25-11-1960
  Termination: 01-07-1997Jamaica (< 06-08-1962)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 06-08-1962Jersey
  Entry into force: 17-03-1960Kenya (< 12-12-1963)
  Entry into force: 16-03-1963
  Termination: 12-12-1963Kiribati (< 12-07-1979)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 12-07-1979Lesotho (< 04-10-1966)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 04-10-1966Malawi (< 01-01-1964)
  Entry into force: 05-01-1962
  Termination: 01-01-1964Malta (< 21-09-1964)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 21-09-1964Man, Isle of
  Entry into force: 17-03-1960Mauritius (< 12-03-1968)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 23-03-1968Montserrat
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959Nigeria (< 01-10-1960)
  Entry into force: 05-07-1961
  Termination: 01-10-1960Saint Kitts and Nevis (< 19-11-1983)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 19-11-1983Saint Lucia (< 22-02-1979)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 22-02-1979Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (<27-10-1979)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 27-10-1979Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959Sarawak (< 16-09-1963)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 16-09-1963Seychelles (< 29-06-1976)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 29-06-1976Sierra Leone (< 27-04-1961)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 27-04-1961Singapore (< 16-09-1963)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 16-09-1963Solomon Islands (< 07-07-1978)
  Entry into force: 08-03-1961
  Termination: 07-07-1978Swaziland (< 06-09-1968)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 06-09-1968Tanganyika (< 09-12-1961)
  Entry into force: 27-05-1961
  Termination: 26-04-1964Trinidad and Tobago (< 31-08-1962)
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959
  Termination: 31-08-1962Turks and Caicos Islands
  Entry into force: 17-01-1959Uganda (< 09-10-1962)
  Entry into force: 16-03-1963
  Termination: 09-10-1962Zambia (< 01-01-1964)
  Entry into force: 24-10-1961
  Termination: 01-01-1964Zanzibar (< 26-04-1964)
  Entry into force: 07-07-1960
  Termination: 26-04-1964Zimbabwe (< 18-04-1980)
  Entry into force: 07-07-1960
  Termination: 18-04-1980

United States of America

• Ratification: 25-09-1991 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-09-1992

Uruguay

• Ratification: 22-11-1968 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-11-1969

Uzbekistan

• Ratification: 15-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1998

Vanuatu

• Ratification: 28-08-2006 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-08-2007

Venezuela

• Ratification: 16-11-1964 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-11-1965

Vietnam

• Ratification: 14-07-2020 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-07-2021

Yemen

• Ratification: 14-04-1969 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-04-1970

Zambia

• Ratification: 22-02-1965 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-02-1966

Zimbabwe

• Ratification: 27-08-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-08-1999

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Ratification: 18-02-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-02-1960
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  18-02-1959
  In order to implement the provisions of article 35, paragraph 4 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, on behalf of the Government of the Netherlands Antilles, accepts without modification the obligations arising from the Convention (no. 105) concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour, adopted on 25 June 1957 by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation.