CONVENTION No. 16 Convention concerning the Compulsory MedicalExamination of Children and Young Persons Employed at Sea
CONVENTION No. 16 Convention concerning the Compulsory MedicalExamination of Children and Young Persons Employed at Sea
[Date of coming into force: 20 November 1922.]
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The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the
International Labour Office, and having met in its Third Session on 25
October 1921, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to
the compulsory medical examination of children and young persons employed
at sea, which is included in the eighth item of the agenda of the Session,
and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an
international Convention, adopts the following Convention, which may be
cited as the Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921,
for ratification by the Members of the International Labour Organization
in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the International
Labour Organization:
Article 1
For the purpose of this Convention, the term "vessel" includes all
ships and boats, of any nature whatsoever, engaged in maritime navigation,
whether publicly or privately owned; it excludes ships of war.
Article 2
The employment of any child or young person under eighteen years of
age on any vessel, other than vessels upon which only members for the
same family are employed, shall be conditional on the production of a
medical certificate attesting fitness for such work, signed by a doctor
who shall be approved by the competent authority.
Article 3
The continued employment at sea of any such child or young person
shall be subject to the repetition of such medical examination at
intervals of not more than one year, and the production, after each such
examination, of a further medical certificate attesting fitness for such
work. Should a medical certificate expire in the course of a voyage, it
shall remain in force until the end of the said voyage.
Article 4
In urgent cases, the competent authority may allow a young person
below the age of eighteen years to embark without having undergone the
examination provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of this Convention, always
provided that such an examination shall be undergone at the first port at
which the vessel calls.
Article 5
The formal ratifications of this Convention, under the conditions set
forth in the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, shall
be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office
for registration.
Article 6
1. This Convention shall come into force at the date on which the
ratifications of two Members of the International Labour Organization have
been registered by the Director-General.
2. It shall be binding only upon those Members whose ratifications
have been registered with the International Labour Office.
3. Thereafter, the Convention shall come into force for any Member at
the date on which its ratification has been registered with the
International Labour Office.
Article 7
As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International
Labour Organization have been registered with the International Labour
Office, the Director-General of the International labour office shall so
notify all the Members of the International Labour Organization. He shall
likewise notify them of the registration of ratifications which may be
communicated subsequently by other Members of the Organization.
Article 8
Subject to the provisions of Article 6, each Member which ratifies
this Convention agrees to bring the provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4
into operation not later than 1 January 1924 and to take such action as
may be necessary to make these provisions effective.
Article 9
Each Member of the International Labour Organization which ratifies
this Convention engages to apply it to its colonies, possessions and
protectorates, in accordance with the provisions of Article 35 of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organization.
Article 10
A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the
expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes
into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not
take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered with
the International Labour Office.
Article 11
At least once in ten years, the Governing Body of the International
Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the
working of this Convention and shall consider the desirability of placing
on the agenda of the Conference the question of its revision or
modification.
Article 12
The French and English texts of this Convention shall both be
authentic.
national Labour Office
for registration.
Article 6
1. This Convention shall come into force at the date on which the
ratifications of two Members of the International Labour Organization have
been registered by the Director-General.
2. It shall be binding only upon those Members whose ratifications
have been registered with the International Labour Office.
3. Thereafter, the Convention shall come into force for any Member at
the date on which its ratification has been registered with the
International Labour Office.
Article 7
As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International
Labour Organization have been registered with the International Labour
Office, the Director-General of the International labour office shall so
notify all the Members of the International Labour Organization. He shall
likewise notify them of the registration of ratifications which may be
communicated subsequently by other Members of the Organization.
Article 8
Subject to the provisions of Article 6, each Member which ratifies
this Convention agrees to bring the provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4
into operation not later than 1 January 1924 and to take such action as
may be necessary to make these provisions effective.
Article 9
Each Member of the International Labour Organization which ratifies
this Convention engages to apply it to its colonies, possessions and
protectorates, in accordance with the provisions of Article 35 of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organization.
Article 10
A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the
expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes
into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not
take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered with
the International Labour Office.
Article 11
At least once in ten years, the Governing Body of the International
Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the
working of this Convention and shall consider the desirability of placing
on the agenda of the Conference the question of its revision or
modification.
Article 12
The French and English texts of this Convention shall both be
authentic.
DECLARATION RECOGNISING THE RIGHT TO FLAG OF STATES HAVING NO SEA-COAST, 1921
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The undersigned, duly authorised for the purpose, declare that the
States which they represent recognise the flag flown by the vessels of any
State having no sea-coast which are registered at some one specified place
situated in its territory; such place shall serve as the port of registry
of such vessels.
Barcelona, April 20, 1921, done in a single copy of which the English
and French texts shall be authentic.
DECLARATION RECOGNISING THE RIGHT TO FLAG OF STATES HAVING NO SEA-COAST, 1921
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The undersigned, duly authorised for the purpose, declare that the
States which they represent recognise the flag flown by the vessels of any
State having no sea-coast which are registered at some one specified place
situated in its territory; such place shall serve as the port of registry
of such vessels.
Barcelona, April 20, 1921, done in a single copy of which the English
and French texts shall be authentic.
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE REGIME OF NAVIGABLEWATERWAYS OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN, 1921
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The States signatories of the Convention on the Regime of Navigable
Waterways of International Concern, signed at Barcelona on April 20, 1921,
whose duly authorised representatives have affixed their signatures to the
present Protocol, hereby declare that, in addition to the Freedom of
Communications which they have conceded by virtue of the Convention on
Navigable Waterways considered as of international concern, they further
concede, on condition of reciprocity, without prejudice to their rights of
sovereignty, and in time of peace,
(a) on all navigable waterways,
(b) on all naturally navigable waterways, which are placed under
their sovereignty or authority, and which, not being considered as of
international concern, are accessible to ordinary commercial navigation to
and from the sea, and also in all the ports situated on these waterways,
perfect equality of treatment for the flags of any State signatory of this
Protocol as regards the transport of imports and exports without
trans-shipment.
At the time of signing, the signatory States must declare whether they
accept the obligation to the full extent indicated under paragraph (a)
above, or only to the more limited extent defined by paragraph (b).
It is understood that States which have accepted paragraph (a) are not
bound as regards those which have accepted paragraph (b), except under the
conditions resulting from the latter paragraph.
It is also understood that those States which possess a large number
of ports (situated on navigable waterways) which have hitherto remained
closed to international commerce, may, at the time of the signing of the
present Protocol, exclude from its application one or more of the
navigable waterways referred to above.
The signatory States may declare that their acceptance of the present
Protocol does not include any or all of the colonies, overseas possessions
or protectorates under their sovereignty or authority, and they may
subsequently adhere separately on behalf of any colony, overseas
possession or protectorate so excluded in their declaration. They may also
denounce the Protocol separately in accordance with its provisions, in
respect of any colony, overseas possession or protectorate under their
sovereignty or authority.
The present Protocol shall be ratified. Each Power shall send its
ratification to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who shall
cause notice of such ratification to be given to all the other signatory
Powers; these ratifications shall be deposited in the archives of the
Secretariat of the League of Nations.
The present Protocol shall remain open for the signature or adherence
of the States which have signed the above-mentioned Convention or have
given their adherence to it.
It shall come into force after the Secretary-General of the League of
Nations has received the ratification of two States; provided, however,
that the said Convention has come into force by that time.
It may be denounced at any time after the expiration of a period of
two years dating from the time of the reception by the Secretary-General
of the League of Nations of the ratification of the denouncing State. The
denunciation shall not take effect until one year after it has been
received by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations. A denunciation
of the Convention on the Regime of Navigable Waterways of International
Concern shall be considered as including a denunciation of the present
Protocol.
also understood that those States which possess a large number
of ports (situated on navigable waterways) which have hitherto remained
closed to international commerce, may, at the time of the signing of the
present Protocol, exclude from its application one or more of the
navigable waterways referred to above.
The signatory States may declare that their acceptance of the present
Protocol does not include any or all of the colonies, overseas possessions
or protectorates under their sovereignty or authority, and they may
subsequently adhere separately on behalf of any colony, overseas
possession or protectorate so excluded in their declaration. They may also
denounce the Protocol separately in accordance with its provisions, in
respect of any colony, overseas possession or protectorate under their
sovereignty or authority.
The present Protocol shall be ratified. Each Power shall send its
ratification to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who shall
cause notice of such ratification to be given to all the other signatory
Powers; these ratifications shall be deposited in the archives of the
Secretariat of the League of Nations.
The present Protocol shall remain open for the signature or adherence
of the States which have signed the above-mentioned Convention or have
given their adherence to it.
It shall come into force after the Secretary-General of the League of
Nations has received the ratification of two States; provided, however,
that the said Convention has come into force by that time.
It may be denounced at any time after the expiration of a period of
two years dating from the time of the reception by the Secretary-General
of the League of Nations of the ratification of the denouncing State. The
denunciation shall not take effect until one year after it has been
received by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations. A denunciation
of the Convention on the Regime of Navigable Waterways of International
Concern shall be considered as including a denunciation of the present
Protocol.
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