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设立海员职业介绍所公约(附英文)
 
 
【颁发部门】：热那亚
【发布日期】：1920-06-15
【生效日期】：1921-11-23
 
 
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　　国际劳工组织全体大会，
 
　　经国际劳工局理事会的召集于１９２０年６月１５日在热那亚举行会议，
 
　　经议决采纳本届大会热那亚会议议程第２项所列关于监督协议条款的实施、设置海员职业介绍所和上年１１月在华盛顿通过的失业和失业保险公约和建议书适用于海员的若干提议，
 
　　经决定这些提议应采取国际公约的方式，
 
　　通过下述公约，供国际劳工组织各会员国根据国际劳工组织章程的规定加以批准，此公约得称为《１９２０年海员的安置公约》。
 
　　第１条
 
　　就本公约而言，“海员”一词是指在海上航行的船上受雇的所有人员，但高级船员除外。
 
　　第２条
 
　　１．任何个人、公司或其他机构均不得以一个盈利的商业性企业经营海员职业介绍业务；任何个人、公司或其他机构更不得为海员在任何船舶上介绍职业而直接或间接收取费用。
 
　　２．每个国家的法律应对违反本条款规定的任何行为给予处罚。
 
　　第３条
 
　　１．尽管有第２条规定，以一个盈利商业性企业一直经营海员职业介绍业务的任何个人、公司或机构，在政府许可的情况下，可暂时继续经营，但这种业务的经营要受到政府的检查和监督，以维护各有关方面的权利。
 
　　２．批准本公约的各会员国同意采取一切可行措施，尽快废除以盈利商业性企业为海员介绍职业的做法。
 
　　第４条
 
　　１．批准本公约的各会员国同意组建和维持一个高效率且胜任的免费为海员介绍职业的公共就业事务所的体系。这种体系可以是：
 
　　（ａ）由联合受中央当局控制的具有代表性的船东和海员协会的组建和维持，或
 
　　（ｂ）无这种联合行动时，由国家自己组建和维持。
 
　　２．所有这种就业事务所的业务都应由具有海事实践经验的人员来管理。
 
　　３．当存在不同类型的这种就业事务所时，应采取措施，以国家为基础对其进行协调。
 
　　第５条
 
　　应设立由船东和海员相等名额代表组成的委员会，对开展业务方面的事宜进行咨询。各国政府可以为进一步限定这些委员会的权力作出规定，尤其是关于委员会在其会员以外挑选主席、国家监督的程度以及这些委员会从那些对海员福利感兴趣的人们得到协助方面的权力。
 
　　第６条
 
　　关于海员的就业，应保证海员有挑选船舶的自由和保证船东有挑选船员的自由。
 
　　第７条
 
　　雇用合同或协议条款里应包括保护所有有关方面的必要的保证书；应保证海员获得适当的便利，以便在签订前后审查这种合同或协议条款。
 
　　第８条
 
　　批准本公约的每个会员国应采取措施，以保证本公约规定的海员职业介绍所，必要时可通过公共事务所的方式，对批准本公约的且工业条件大致相同的国家的所有海员开放。
 
　　第９条
 
　　每个国家应自行决定与本公约相同的规定是否应对船舶驾驶员和轮机员生效。
 
　　第１０条
 
　　１．凡批准本公约的会员国，应向国际劳工局提交关于海员失业和海员就业机构工作方面的一切统计或其他资料。
 
　　２．国际劳工局应采取措施，以确保在征得各国政府或有关组织的同意后对为海员介绍职业的各种国家机构进行协调。
 
　　第１１条
 
　　１．批准本公约的国际劳工组织各会员国保证将本公约应用于它的那些不能完全自治的殖民地、保护领地和属地：
 
　　（ａ）但由于当地条件本公约条款不适用者除外；或者
 
　　（ｂ）须对本公约作必要的修改，以使其条款适应当地条件。
 
　　２．各会员国应将其对每个不能完全自治的殖民地、保护领地和属地所采取的行动通知国际劳工局。
 
　　第１２条
 
　　本公约的正式批准书，按照国际劳工组织的章程规定的条件，应送请国际劳工局局长登记。
 
　　第１３条
 
　　国际劳工组织两个会员国的批准书一旦被国际劳工局登记，国际劳工局局长应立即将此通知本组织所有会员国。
 
　　第１４条
 
　　本公约应自国际劳工局局长发布此通知之日起生效并仅对其批准书已经国际劳工局登记的会员国具有约束力。此后，对于任何会员国，本公约将自其批准书经国际劳工局登记之日起生效。
 
　　第１５条
 
　　依照第１４条规定，批准本公约的各会员国同意于１９２２年７月１日之前实施本公约规定，并采取必要的行动，以确保这些规定的实施。
 
　　第１６条
 
　　凡批准本公约的会员国，自本公约初次生效之日起满５年后可以向国际劳工局局长通知解约，并请其登记。此项解约通知书自国际劳工局登记之日起满１年后始得生效。
 
　　第１７条
 
　　国际劳工局理事会在其认为必要时，应将本公约的实施情况向大会提出报告，并审查应否将本公约的全部或局部修正问题列入大会议程。
 
　　第１８条
 
　　本公约的法文本与英文本同等为准。
 
　　【名称】　CONVENTION No.9 Convention for Establishing Facilities for FindingEmployment for Seamen
 
　　【题注】　[Date of coming into force: 23 November 1921.]
 
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　　　The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,
 
　　　Having been convened at Genoa by the Governing Body of the
 
　International Labour Office,　on the 15th day of June 1920, and
 
　　　Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to
 
　the supervision of articles of agreement; provision of facilities for
 
　finding employment for seamen; application to seamen of the Convention and
 
　Recommendations adopted at Washington in November last in regard to
 
　unemployment and unemployment insurance, which is the second item in the
 
　agenda for the Genoa meeting of the Conference, and
 
　　　Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an
 
　international Convention,　adopts the following Convention, which may be
 
　cited as the Placing of Seamen Convention,　1920, 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 "seamen" includes all
 
　persons, except officers,　employed as members of the crew on vessels
 
　engaged in maritime navigation.
 
　Article 2
 
　　　1. The business of finding employment for seamen shall not be carried
 
　on by any person,　company, or other agency, as a commercial enterprise
 
　for pecuniary gain; nor shall any fees be charged directly or indirectly
 
　by any person, company or other agency, for finding employment for seamen
 
　on any ship.
 
　　　2. The law of each country shall provide punishment for any violation
 
　of the provisions of this Article.
 
　Article 3
 
　　　1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2, any person, company or
 
　agency, which has been carrying on the work of finding employment for
 
　seamen as a commercial enterprise for pecuniary gain, may be permitted to
 
　continue temporarily under Government licence, provided that such work is
 
　carried on under Government inspection and supervision, so as to safeguard
 
　the rights of all concerned.
 
　　　2. Each Member which ratifies this Convention agrees to take all
 
　practicable measures to abolish the practice of finding employment for
 
　seamen as a commercial enterprise for pecuniary gain as soon as possible.　
 
　
 
　Article 4
 
　　　1. Each Member which ratifies this Convention agrees that there shall
 
　be organised and maintained an efficient and adequate system of public
 
　employment offices for finding employment for seamen without charge. Such
 
　system may be organised and maintained, either
 
　　　　 (a) by representative associations of shipowners and seamen jointly
 
　under the control of a central authority, or,
 
　　　　　(b) in the absence of such joint action, by the State itself.
 
　　　2. The work of all such employment offices shall be administered by
 
　persons having practical maritime experience.
 
　　　3. Where such employment offices of different types exist, steps shall
 
　be taken to co-ordinate them on a national basis.
 
　Article 5
 
　　　Committees consisting of an equal number of representatives of
 
　shipowners and seamen shall be constituted to advise on matters concerning
 
　the carrying on of these offices. The Government in each country may make
 
　provision for further defining the powers of these committees,
 
　particularly with reference to the committees’’’’ selection of their chairmen
 
　from outside their own membership, to the degree of State supervision, and
 
　to the assistance which such committees shall have from persons interested
 
　in the welfare of seamen.
 
　Article 6
 
　　　In connection with the employment of seamen, freedom of choice of ship
 
　shall be assured to seamen and freedom of choice of crew shall be assured
 
　to shipowners.
 
　Article 7
 
　　　The necessary guarantees for protecting all parties concerned shall be
 
　included in the contract of engagement or articles of agreement, and
 
　proper facilities shall be assured to seamen for examining such contract
 
　or articles before and after signing.
 
　Article 8
 
　　　Each Member which ratifies this Convention will take steps to see that
 
　the facilities for employment of seamen provided for in this Convention
 
　shall, if necessary by means of public offices, be available for the
 
　seamen of all countries which ratify this Convention, and where the
 
　industrial conditions are generally the same.
 
　Article 9
 
　　　Each country shall decide for itself whether provisions similar to
 
　those in this Convention shall be put in force for deck-officers and
 
　engineer-officers.　
 
　
 
　Article 10
 
　　　1. Each Member which ratifies this Convention shall communicate to the
 
　International Labour Office all available information, statistical or
 
　otherwise, concerning unemployment among seamen and concerning the work of
 
　its seamen’’’’s employment agencies.
 
　　　2. The International Labour Office shall take steps to secure the
 
　co-ordination of the various national agencies for finding employment for
 
　seamen, in agreement with the Governments or organizations concerned in
 
　each country.
 
　Article 11
 
　　　1. Each Member of the International Labour Organization which ratifies
 
　this Convention engages to apply it to its colonies, protectorates and
 
　possessions which are not fully self-governing--
 
　　　　　(a) except where owing to the local conditions its provisions are
 
　inapplicable; or
 
　　　　　(b) subject to such modifications as may be necessary to adapt its
 
　provisions to local conditions.
 
　　　2. Each Member shall notify to the International Labour Office the
 
　action taken in respect of each of its colonies, protectorates and
 
　possessions which are not fully self-governing.
 
　Article 12
 
　　　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 13
 
　　　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.
 
　Article 14
 
　　　This Convention shall come into force at the date on which such
 
　notification is issued by the Director-General of the International Labour
 
　Office, and it shall then be binding only upon those Members which have
 
　registered their ratifications with the International Labour Office.
 
　Thereafter this Convention will come into force for any other Member at
 
　the date on which its ratification is registered with the International
 
　Labour Office.　
 
　
 
　Article 15
 
　　　Subject to the provisions of Article 14, each Member which ratifies
 
　this Convention agrees to bring its provisions into operation not later
 
　than 1 July 1922, and to take such action as may be necessary to make
 
　these provisions effective.
 
　Article 16
 
　　　A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the
 
　expiration of five 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 17
 
　　　At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the
 
　International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a
 
　report on the working of this Convention and shall examine the
 
　desirability of placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of
 
　its revision in whole or in part.
 
　Article 18
 
　　　The French and English texts of this Convention shall both the
 
　authentic.