R033 - Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Reciprocity Recommendation, 1929

 Adoption: Geneva, 12nd ILC session (21 Jun 1929)

[Withdrawn instrument - By decision of the International Labour Conference at its 92nd Session (2004)]

Preamble

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 Twelfth Session on 30 May 1929, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to reciprocity as regards the protection of workers employed in loading or unloading ships, which is included in the second item of the agenda of the Session, and

Having determined that these proposals should take the form of a Recommendation,

adopts this twenty-first day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine, the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Reciprocity Recommendation, 1929, to be submitted to the Members of the International Labour Organisation for consideration with a view to effect being given to it by national legislation or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation:

The Conference,

Recognising that the Convention concerning the protection against accidents of workers employed in loading or unloading ships, while having as its main object the protection against accidents of the said workers, at the same time affords an opportunity for regulations being prepared and issued by the Members which should secure reasonable uniformity on the basis of the Convention and for extension of the principle of reciprocity in the mutual recognition of certificates of inspection and examination; and

Recalling in this connection the principles laid down in the Copenhagen Convention of 28 January 1926 on the sea-worthiness and equipment of ships as modified by the Declaration of 11 June 1928:

Strongly recommends that, following the ratification of, and issuing of regulations as aforesaid based upon, the Convention concerning the protection against accidents of workers employed in loading or unloading ships, the Members which have ratified the said Convention should enter into conference for the purpose of securing agreement for reciprocity, subject to all such agreements making secure the main object of the Convention, namely the safety of the persons employed.