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Charts and Conventions
 
 Charts and Conventions

Curious to know whether Lebanese legislation is compliant with International treaties related to womens right? Here is a list of all charts and conventions that have been passed by the United Nations concerning labor and/or gender issues and whether Lebanon has ratified them.

Issue Date Name of Convention Ratified
1930 Forced Labour Convention, (No. 29) 1977
1930 Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention 1977
1935 Underground Work (Women) Convention 1962
1936 Holidays with pay convention 1962
1942 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1942
1948 Night Work (Women) (Revised) Convention 1962
1949 Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others Not ratified
1949 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention 1977
1951 Equal Remuneration Convention 1977
1953 Convention on the Political Rights of Women 1956
1952 Maternity protection convention Not ratified
1957 Convention on the Nationality of Married Women Not ratified
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention 1977
1957 Weekly rest convention Commerce and offices 1977
1958 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention 1977
1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education 1964
1962 Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages Not ratified
1964 Employment policy convention 1977
1964 Hygiene (office and commerce) convention 1977
1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Not ratified
1966 Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Acceded on 1972
1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1972
1966 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Not ratified
1974 Convention on paid education leaves Not ratified
1975 Human resources development convention Not ratified
1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1997 Reservation on articles 2-9-16
1981 Convention on workers with family responsibilities Not ratified
1983 Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention 2000
1987 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 2000
1989 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty Not ratified
1993 Declaration on the Elimination of violence against Women Not ratified
1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 1993
1994 Part time worker convention Not ratified
1999 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Not ratified
2003 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Not ratified

   
 
 
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