Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995
Country Ratification date Status
Albania March 3 , 2003 ratified
Armenia April 27 , 1999 ratified
Austria May 26 , 1999 ratified
Belgium October 2 , 2012 ratified
Bosnia and Herzegovina January 18 , 2010 ratified
Botswana June 5 , 1997 ratified
Brazil May 18 , 2006 ratified
Czech Republic October 9 , 2000 ratified
Finland June 9 , 1997 ratified
Germany September 6 , 1998 ratified
Ireland June 9 , 1998 ratified
Lebanon February 23 , 2000 ratified
Luxembourg April 8 , 2008 ratified
Mongolia November 26 , 2015 ratified
Morocco June 4 , 2013 ratified
Norway June 11 , 1999 ratified
Peru June 19 , 2008 ratified
Philippines February 27 , 1998 ratified
Poland June 25 , 2001 ratified
Portugal March 25 , 2002 ratified
Ratifications
As of the end of 2015 , 31 countries have ratified the convention .
Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was adopted at the 82nd International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The ILO is an agency under the United Nations that deals with international labor issues while promoting workers rights and opportunities. One of ILO's goals is to hold annual labor conventions to create legally binding contracts for participating nations to ratify. During the Safety and Health in Mines Convention (C176), it was recognized that there are inherent hazards in the mining workplace, and a need for a convention was mandatory. The outcome of the Convention is that miner's health and safety is upheld and monitored through various actions involving the mining workplace. The responsible parties would be the government and employer of the countries that ratified the Convention. The laws outlined in the Convention ensure the health and safety of miners. The ILO adopted the Convention on June 22, 1995. As of the end of 2015, 31 nations have ratified the Convention. The ILO requires any nation that ratifies a convention to be legally bound to its rules. Because ratifying the convention is optional, many prominent mining nations (including those notorious for mining incidents) have chosen not too participate.