Unemployment Convention, 1919

Unemployment Convention, 1919
C2
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	28 November 1919
Date in force	14 July 1921
Classification	Unemployment
Subject	Employment policy and Promotion
Previous	Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919
Next	Maternity Protection Convention, 1919

Unemployment Convention, 1919 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1919:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the "question of preventing or providing against unemployment",...

Ratifications

As of 2013, the convention had been ratified by 57 states. Of the ratifying states, three have subsequently denounced the treaty.

Country	Date	Notes
Argentina	30 November 1933
Australia	15 June 1972
Austria	12 June 1924
Belgium	25 August 1930
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 June 1993
Bulgaria	14 February 1922	denounced 20 July 1960
Central African Republic	9 June 1964
Chile	31 May 1933
Colombia	20 June 1933
Cyprus	8 October 1965
Denmark	13 October 1921
Djibouti	3 August 1978
Ecuador	5 February 1962
Egypt	3 July 1954
Estonia	20 December 1922
Ethiopia	11 June 1966
Finland	19 October 1921
France	25 August 1925
Germany	6 June 1925
Greece	19 November 1920
Guyana	8 June 1966
Hungary	1 March 1928
Iceland	17 February 1958
India	14 July 1921	denounced 16 April 1938
Ireland	4 September 1925
Italy	10 April 1923
Japan	23 November 1922
Kenya	13 January 1964
Luxembourg	16 April 1928
Malta	4 January 1965
Mauritius	2 December 1969
Montenegro	3 June 2006
Morocco	14 October 1960
Myanmar	14 July 1921
Netherlands	6 February 1932
New Zealand	29 March 1938
Nicaragua	12 April 1934
North Macedonia	17 November 1991
Norway	23 November 1921
Papua New Guinea	1 May 1976
Poland	21 June 1924
Romania	13 June 1921
Serbia	24 November 2000	ratified as Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles	6 February 1978
Slovenia	29 May 1992
South Africa	20 February 1924
Spain	4 July 1923
South Korea	7 November 2011
Sudan	18 June 1957
Sweden	27 September 1921
Switzerland	9 October 1922
Syrian Arab Republic	26 July 1960	As the United Arab Republic
Turkey	14 July 1950
Ukraine	16 May 1994
United Kingdom	14 July 1921
Uruguay	6 June 1933	denounced 11 November 1982
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	20 November 1944

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