Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 72 / 1985 Coll.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Convention on Labour Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons (No 159)
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DECLARATION
Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 6 August 1985
concerning the Convention on Occupational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons (No 159)
On 20 June 1983 the Convention on occupational rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons was adopted at the 69th session of the International Labour Organisation General Conference (No 159). The ratification of the Convention by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was registered on 21 February 1985 by the Director-General of the International Labour Office. Pursuant to Article 11 (3) of the Convention, the Convention will enter into force for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on 21 February 1986.
The Czech translation of the Convention is being announced simultaneously.
First Deputy:
Greece
CONVENTION
on occupational rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons (No 159)
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, convened by the Board of Directors of the International Labour Office in Geneva and met there on 1 June 1983 at its 69th session,
referring to the existing international standards contained in the recommendation on occupational rehabilitation of disabled persons, 1955 and in the recommendation on human resources development, 1975,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0049 / 2015),
Bearing in mind that the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 1981 the International Year of Invalidity under the motto "Full participation and equality 'and that the wide World Invalidity Action Programme is intended to ensure effective measures at national and international level to implement the objectives of" full participation' of disabled persons in social life and development and "equality ',
Having regard to these developments, it is appropriate to adopt new international standards on this matter, which take into account in particular the need to ensure equal opportunities and treatment for all groups of disabled persons both in rural and urban areas in order to be able to carry out employment and to be involved in the community,
Decide to adopt certain proposals on occupational rehabilitation, which are the fourth item of the agenda, and to state that these proposals will take the form of an international convention,
adopts on 20 June 1983 the following Convention, which will be referred to as the Convention on Labour Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons, 1983:
Definition of terms and scope
1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "invalid 'shall refer to any person whose prospects of finding and retaining suitable employment and pursuing the procedure are substantially reduced as a result of a duly verified physical or mental disability.
2. For the purposes of this Convention, each Member State shall take the view that the purpose of occupational rehabilitation is to enable an invalid to acquire and maintain an appropriate job and to pursue it, thereby facilitating his or her involvement or reintegration into society.
3. Each Member State shall implement the provisions of this Convention by means of measures which comply with national conditions and comply with national practice.
4. The provisions of this Convention shall apply to all groups of disabled persons.
Policy principles in the field of occupational rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons
Each Member State shall, in accordance with national conditions, practice and possibilities, establish, implement and regularly review national policies in the field of occupational rehabilitation and the employment of disabled persons.
This policy is intended to ensure that appropriate measures for occupational rehabilitation are available to all groups of disabled persons and to promote the possibility of employing disabled persons in free recruitment.
This policy is to be based on the principle of equal opportunities for disabled persons and for other workers. Equal opportunities and treatment of disabled workers and disabled workers should be taken care of. Specific positive measures to ensure genuine equality of possibilities and treatment of disabled workers and other workers shall not be considered discriminatory towards other workers.
The implementation of that policy, including measures to promote cooperation and coordination between public and private institutions dealing with occupational rehabilitation, should be discussed with representative workers' and employers' organisations. It is also necessary to deal with representative disability organisations or those dealing with them.
National measures for the development of occupational rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons
Each Member State shall, through national legislation or in any other way appropriate national practice and conditions, take the measures necessary to implement Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Convention.
The competent authorities are to take measures to provide and evaluate advice on the choice of profession, vocational training, job mediation and other related services to enable disabled persons to acquire and maintain their employment and to take action therein; existing services for workers are to be used, where possible and appropriate, after the necessary adjustments have been made.
Provision should be made for the creation and development of occupational rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons in rural areas and remote municipalities.
Each Member State is to seek the training and availability of advisers in rehabilitation matters as well as other suitably qualified persons in charge of professional guidance, vocational training, mediation and the employment of disabled persons.
Final provisions
The formal ratification of this Convention shall be notified to and registered by the Director-General of the International Labour Office.
1. This Convention only obliges the Member States of the International Labour Organisation whose ratification has been registered by the Director-General.
2. It shall take effect 12 months after the Director-General has registered the ratification of two Member States.
3. For each other Member State, this Convention shall become effective 12 months after its ratification has been registered.
1. Any Member State which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after a period of 10 years from the date on which the Convention first came into force, by written communication to the Director-General of the International Labour Office, who shall record it. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which it was registered.
2. Any Member State which has ratified this Convention and which does not exercise the right to denounce it under this Article during the year following the expiry of a period of 10 years, as referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall be bound by the Convention for a further 10-year period and shall then be able to terminate it at the end of each 10-year period under the conditions laid down in this Article.
1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Member States of the International Labour Organisation of the registration of all ratifications and statements communicated to it by the Member States of the Organisation.
2. When notifying the Member States of the Organisation of the minutes of the second ratification notified to it, the Director-General shall notify the Member States of the Organisation of the date on which this Convention enters into force.
The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations the full details of all the ratifications and statements he has entered in accordance with the provisions of the previous Articles.
Whenever deemed necessary, the Administrative Board of the International Labour Office shall present a report to the General Conference on the implementation of this Convention and shall examine whether it is appropriate to put on the agenda of the Conference a question of its complete or partial revision.
1. Where the General Conference adopts a new Convention which fully or partially revises this Convention and does not provide otherwise for the new Convention:
(a) ratification of a new revised Convention will cause ipso jure to terminate this Convention immediately, regardless of the provisions of Article 12, subject to the fact that the new revision Convention will become effective;
(b) since the new revised Convention enters into force, this Convention shall cease to be open to the Member States for ratification.
2. However, this Convention shall remain in force in its form and content for those Member States which have ratified it, but which have not ratified the new revised Convention.
The English and French versions of this Convention shall be equally authentic.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 72 / 1985 Coll., on the Convention on Labour Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons (No 159) |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 12.09.1985 |
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| Effective from | 21.02.1986 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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