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AFGHANISTAN 1 Oct 1969, ALBANIA 27 Feb 1997, ALGERIA 12 Jun 1969, ANGOLA 4 Jun 1976, ANTINGUA & BARBUDA 2 Feb 1983, ARGENTINA 18 Jun 1968, ARME- NIA 29 Jul 1994, AUSTRALIA 15 Jun 1973, AUSTRIA 10 Jan 1973, AZERBAIJAN 19 May 1992, BAHAMAS 14 Jun 2001, BAHRAIN 26 Sep 2000, BANGLADESH 22 Jun 1972, BARBADOS 14 Oct 1974, BELARUS 4 Aug 1961, BELGIUM 22 Mar 1977, BELIZE 22 Jun 1999, BENIN 22 May 1961, BOLIVIA 31 Jan 1977, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 2 Jun 1993, BOTSWANA 5 Jun 1997, BRAZIL 26 Nov 1965, BULGARIA 22 Jul 1960, BUR- KINA FASO 16 Apr 1962, BURUNDI 25 Jun 1993, CAMBODIA 23 Aug 1999, CAMEROON 13 May 1988, CANADA 29 Nov 1964, CAPE VERDE 3 Apr 1979, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 9 Jun 1964, CHAD 29 Mar 1966, CHILE 20 Sep 1971, COLOMBIA 4 Mar 1969, COMOROS 17 Mar 2004, CONGO 26 Nov 1999, CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUB- LIC) 20 Jun 2001, COSTA RICA 1 Mar 1962, COTE D’IVOIRE 5 May 1961, CROATIA 8 Oct 1991, CUBA 26 Aug 1965, CYPRUS 2 Feb 1968, CZECH REPUBLIC 1 Jan 1963, DENMARK 22 Jun 1960, DJIBOUTI 28 Feb 2005, DOMINICA 28 Feb 1983, DOMINI- CAN REPUBLIC 13 Jul 1964, ECUADOR 10 Jul 1962, EGYPT 10 May 1960, EL SAL- VADOR 15 Jun 1995, EQUATORIAL GUINEA 13 Aug 2001, ERITREA 22 Feb 2000, ESTONIA 17 Aug 2005, ETHIOPIA 11 Jun 1966, FIJI 17 Apr 2002, FINLAND 23 Apr 1970, FRANCE 28 May 1981, GABON 29 May 1961, GAMBIA 4 Sep 2000, GEORGIA 22 Jun 1993, GERMANY 15 Jun 1961, GHANA 4 Apr 1961, GREECE 7 May 1984, GRENADA 14 May 2003, GUATEMALA 11 Oct 1960, GUINEA-BISSAU 21 Feb 1977, GUINEA 1 Sep 1960, GUYANA 13 Jun 1975, HAITI 9 Nov 1976, HONDURAS 20 Jun 1960, HUN- GARY 20 Jun 1961, ICELAND 29 Jul 1963, INDIA 3 Jun 1960, INDONESIA 7 Jun 1999, IRAN 30 Jun 1964, IRAQ 15 Jun 1959, IRELAND 22 Apr 1999, ISRAEL 12 Jan 1959, ITALY 12 Aug 1963, JAMAICA 10 Jan 1975, JORDAN 4 Jul 1963, KAZAKHSTAN 6 Dec 1999, KENYA 7 May 2001, KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) 4 Dec 1998, KUWAIT 1 Dec 1966, KYRGYSTAN 31 Mar 1992, LATVIA 27 Jan 1992, LEBANON 1 Jun 1977, LESOTHO 27 Jan 1998, LIBERIA 22 Jul 1959, LIBYA 13 Jun 1961, LITHUANIA 26 Sep 1994, LUX- EMBOURG 21 Mar 2001, MACEDONIA (FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC) 17 Nov 1991, MADAGASCAR 11 Aug 1961, MALAWI 22 Mar 1965, MALI 2 Mar 1964, MALTA 1 Jul 1968, MAURITIANA 8 Nov 1963, MAURITIUS 18 Dec 2002, MEXICO 11 Sep 1961, MOLDOVA 12 Aug 1996, MONGOLIA 3 Jun 1969, MOROCCO 27 Mar 1963, MOZAM- BIQUE 6 Jun 1977, NAMIBIA 13 Nov 2001, NEPAL 19 Sep 1974, NETHERLANDS 15 Mar 1973, NEW ZEALAND 3 Jun 1983, NICARAGUA 31 Oct 1967, NIGER 3 Oct 1962, NIGERIA 2 Oct 2002, NORWAY 24 Sep 1959, PAKISTAN 24 Jan 1961, PANAMA 16 May 1966, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 Jun 2000, PARAGUAY 10 Jul 1967, PERU 10 Aug 1970, PHILIPPINES 17 Nov 1960, POLAND 30 May 1961, PORTUGAL 19 Nov 1959, QATAR 18 Aug 1976, ROMANIA 6 Jun 1973, RUSSIA 4 May 1961, RWANDA 2 Feb 1981, SAINT KITTS & NEVIS 25 Aug 2000, SAINT LUCIA 18 Aug 1983, SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 9 Nov 2001, SAN MARINO 19 Dec 1986, SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 1 Jun 1982, SAUDI ARABIA 15 Jun 1978, SENEGAL 13 Nov 1967, SERBIA & MON- TENEGRO 24 Nov 2000, SEYCHELLES 23 Nov 1999, SIERRA LEONE 14 Oct 1966, SLOVAKIA 1 Jan 1993, SLOVENIA 29 May 1992, SOMALIA 8 Dec 1961, SOUTH AFRICA 5 Mar 1997, SPAIN 6 Nov 1967, SRI LANKA 27 Nov 1998, SUDAN 22 Oct 1970, SWAZI- LAND 5 Jun 1981, SWEDEN 20 Jun 1962, SWITZERLAND 13 Jul 1961, SYRIA 10 May 1960, TAJIKSTAN 26 Nov 1993, TANZANIA 26 Feb 2002, TOGO 8 Nov 1983, TRINIDAD 753

& TOBAGO 26 Nov 1970, TUNISIA 14 Sep 1959, TURKEY 19 Jul 1967, TURKMENISTAN 15 May 1997, UGANDA 2 Jun 2005, UKRAINE 4 Aug 1961, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 28 Jun 2001, UNITED KINGDOM 8 Jun 1999, URUGUAY 16 Nov 1989, UZBEKISTAN 13 Jul 1992, VENEZUELA 3 Jun 1971, VIETNAM 7 Oct 1997, YEMEN 22 Aug 1969, ZAMBIA 23 Oct 1979, ZIMBABWE 23 Jun 1999

The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Forty-second Session on 4 June 1958, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to discrimination in the field of employment and occupation, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention, and Considering that the Declaration of Philadelphia affirms that all human beings, irrespective of race, creed or sex, have the right to pursue both their material well- being and their spiritual development in conditions of freedom and dignity, of eco- nomic security and equal opportunity, and Considering further that discrimination constitutes a violation of rights enunci- ated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopts this twenty-fifth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight the following Convention, which may be cited as the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958:

Article 1

1. For the purpose of this Convention the term discrimination includes – (a) any distinction, exclusion or preference made on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin, which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation; (b) such other distinction, exclusion or preference which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation as may be determined by the Member concerned after consultation with representative employers’ and workers’ organisations, where such exist, and with other appropriate bodies. 2. Any distinction, exclusion or preference in respect of a particular job based on the inherent requirements thereof shall not be deemed to be discrimination. 3. For the purpose of this Convention the terms employment and occupation include access to vocational training, access to employment and to particular occu- pations, and terms and conditions of employment.