Maternity Protection Convention, 2000

Maternity Protection Convention, 2000

C183
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	June 15, 2000
Date in force	February 7, 2002
Classification	Maternity Benefit Maternity Protection
Subject	Maternity Protection
Previous	Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
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Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 2000, with the preamble stating:

"Noting the need to revise the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952, and the Maternity Protection Recommendation, 1952, in order to further promote equality of all women in the workforce and the health and safety of the mother and child, and in order to recognize the diversity in economic and social development of Members, as well as the diversity of enterprises, and the development of the protection of maternity in national law and practice, and

"Noting the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979), the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers (1975), the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up (1998), as well as the international labour Conventions and Recommendations aimed at ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women workers, in particular the Convention concerning Workers with Family Responsibilities, 1981, and

"Taking into account the circumstances of women workers and the need to provide protection for pregnancy, which are the shared responsibility of government and society, and

"Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952, and Recommendation, 1952, 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 fifteenth day of June of the year two thousand the following Convention, which may be cited as the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000."

History

This Convention revised a 1952 ILO convention (C103), which in turn was a revision of the original 1919 ILO convention (C3). The revision was aimed at gaining more ratification by easing the requirements of the 1952 convention.

Content

The convention addresses the following subjects:

• Health protection
• Maternity leave (more than 14 week)
• Leave in case of illness or complications
• Benefits
• Employment protection and non-discrimination
• Breastfeeding mothers

Ratifications

As of the April 2023, the following 43 states have ratified this Convention:

Country	Date	Declared period of maternity leave at ratification	Notes
Albania	24 July 2004	365 calendar days
Antigua and Barbuda	6 May 2022	125 calendar days
Austria	30 April 2004	16 weeks
Azerbaijan	29 October 2010	126 calendar days (longer in certain cases)
Belarus	10 February 2004	126 days
Belize	10 January 2012	14 weeks
Benin	30 April 2004	14 weeks
Bosnia and Herzegovina	18 January 2010	one year; 18 months for subsequent births or twins
Bulgaria	6 December 2001	135 days
Burkina Faso	4 March 2013	14 weeks
Cuba	1 June 2004	18 weeks
Czech Republic	3 July 2017	28 weeks
Cyprus	12 January 2005	16 weeks
Djibouti	20 September 2020	26 weeks
Dominican Republic	9 February 2016	14 weeks
El Salvador	7 June 2022	16 weeks
Germany	30 September 2021	16 weeks
Hungary	4 November 2003	24 weeks
Italy	7 February 2001	five months
Kazakhstan	13 June 2013	18 weeks (20 weeks for multiple births)
Latvia	9 February 2009	16 weeks
Lithuania	23 September 2003	126 calendar days
Luxembourg	8 April 2008	16 weeks
Mali	5 June 2008	14 weeks
Mauritius	13 Jun 2019	14 weeks
Moldova	28 August 2006	126 calendar days
Montenegro	19 April 2012	365 days
Morocco	13 April 2011	14 weeks
Netherlands	15 January 2009	16 weeks	applies to the European territory of the Kingdom only
Niger	10 June 2019	14 weeks
North Macedonia	3 October 2012	nine months; 12 months for multiple births
Norway	9 November 2015	12 weeks pre-birth; six weeks post-birth
Panama	22 March 2022	14 weeks
Peru	9 May 2016	14 weeks, divided evenly between pre-birth and post-birth
Portugal	8 November 2012	120 or 150 consecutive days
Romania	23 October 2002	126 calendar days
San Marino	19 June 2019	150 days
São Tomé and Príncipe	12 June 2017	14 week
Senegal	18 April 2017
Serbia	31 August 2010	16 weeks
Slovakia	12 December 2000	28 weeks
Slovenia	1 March 2010	105 days
Switzerland	4 June 2014	14 weeks

External links

• Text.
• Ratifications and leave length declarations.