C171 - Night Work Convention
Abstract
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 77th Session on 6 June 1990, and
Noting the provisions of international labour Conventions and Recommendations on the night work of children and young persons, and specifically the provisions in the Night Work of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention and Recommendation, 1946, the Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948, and the Night Work of Children and Young Persons (Agriculture) Recommendation, 1921, and
Noting the provisions of international labour Conventions and Recommendations on night work of women, and specifically the provisions in the Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948, and the Protocol of 1990 thereto, the Night Work of Women (Agriculture) Recommendation, 1921, and Paragraph 5 of the Maternity Protection Recommendation, 1952, and
Noting the provisions of the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958, and
Noting the provisions of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to night work, 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,
adopts this twenty-sixth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety the following Convention, which may be cited as the Night Work Convention, 1990.