Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Maternity Protection Convention, 2000
open-in-new
<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>This Convention revised a <a href="/facts/Maternity_Protection_Convention_(Revised)%2c_1952/7ylGmgGm">1952 ILO convention (C103)</a>, which in turn was a revision of the original <a href="/facts/Maternity_Protection_Convention%2c_1919/CaVkG0GD">1919 ILO convention (C3)</a>. The revision was aimed at gaining more ratification by easing the requirements of the 1952 convention.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="content">Content</h2> <p>The convention addresses the following subjects: </p> <ul><li>Health protection</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maternity_leave/DIns43dB">Maternity leave</a> (more than 14 week)</li> <li>Leave in case of illness or complications</li> <li><a href="/facts/Social_benefits/awUwQxkd">Benefits</a></li> <li>Employment protection and non-discrimination</li> <li><a href="/facts/Breastfeeding/cdWXyYDX">Breastfeeding</a> mothers</li></ul> <h2 id="ratifications">Ratifications</h2> <p>As of the April 2023, the following 43 states have ratified this Convention:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Country</th><th>Date</th><th>Declared period of maternity leave at ratification</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Albania/8GP40BUD">Albania</a></td><td>24 July 2004</td><td>365 calendar days</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Antigua_and_Barbuda/DXQrHm3x">Antigua and Barbuda</a></td><td>6 May 2022</td><td>125 calendar days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a></td><td>30 April 2004</td><td>16 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ">Azerbaijan</a></td><td>29 October 2010</td><td>126 calendar days (longer in certain cases)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarus</a></td><td>10 February 2004</td><td>126 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Belize/2xVuhCTt">Belize</a></td><td>10 January 2012</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Benin/G98jPhND">Benin</a></td><td>30 April 2004</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/jNVA1gPB">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td><td>18 January 2010</td><td>one year; 18 months for subsequent births or twins</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bulgaria/Er5pY3YS">Bulgaria</a></td><td>6 December 2001</td><td>135 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Burkina_Faso/L3zPAJwx">Burkina Faso</a></td><td>4 March 2013</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cuba/vHjTXLPW">Cuba</a></td><td>1 June 2004</td><td>18 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q">Czech Republic</a></td><td>3 July 2017</td><td>28 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cyprus/t9wL6lVK">Cyprus</a></td><td>12 January 2005</td><td>16 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Djibouti/77jY0eII">Djibouti</a></td><td>20 September 2020</td><td>26 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dominican_Republic/u36V3Nsb">Dominican Republic</a></td><td>9 February 2016</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/El_Salvador/6Plzw4vr">El Salvador</a></td><td>7 June 2022</td><td>16 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></td><td>30 September 2021</td><td>16 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a></td><td>4 November 2003</td><td>24 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td><td>7 February 2001</td><td>five months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a></td><td>13 June 2013</td><td>18 weeks (20 weeks for multiple births)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a></td><td>9 February 2009</td><td>16 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a></td><td>23 September 2003</td><td>126 calendar days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Luxembourg/vRN04l7f">Luxembourg</a></td><td>8 April 2008</td><td>16 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mali/sAaVqV1e">Mali</a></td><td>5 June 2008</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mauritius/lVUARna5">Mauritius</a></td><td>13 Jun 2019</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Moldova/qGBNGewt">Moldova</a></td><td>28 August 2006</td><td>126 calendar days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Montenegro/QynKJrw5">Montenegro</a></td><td>19 April 2012</td><td>365 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Morocco/6ly8170M">Morocco</a></td><td>13 April 2011</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/q08uRoR9">Netherlands</a></td><td>15 January 2009</td><td>16 weeks</td><td>applies to the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">European territory</a> of the Kingdom only</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Niger/hRbX6MkM">Niger</a></td><td>10 June 2019</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/North_Macedonia/YpfcC5DA">North Macedonia</a></td><td>3 October 2012</td><td>nine months; 12 months for multiple births</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></td><td>9 November 2015</td><td>12 weeks pre-birth; six weeks post-birth</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Panama/GckVVhnp">Panama</a></td><td>22 March 2022</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a></td><td>9 May 2016</td><td>14 weeks, divided evenly between pre-birth and post-birth</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a></td><td>8 November 2012</td><td>120 or 150 consecutive days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a></td><td>23 October 2002</td><td>126 calendar days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/San_Marino/dlbbyRcT">San Marino</a></td><td>19 June 2019</td><td>150 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A3o_Tom%25C3%25A9_and_Pr%25C3%25ADncipe/7EbNfgsJ">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></td><td>12 June 2017</td><td>14 week</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Senegal/PPaRNYJH">Senegal</a></td><td>18 April 2017</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a></td><td>31 August 2010</td><td>16 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovakia</a></td><td>12 December 2000</td><td>28 weeks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Slovenia/EcYU22W4">Slovenia</a></td><td>1 March 2010</td><td>105 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a></td><td>4 June 2014</td><td>14 weeks</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:312328">Text</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11300:0::NO:11300:P11300_INSTRUMENT_ID:312328">Ratifications and leave length declarations</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>[1] Archived 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, ILO website, text of convention. <a href="http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C183" target="_blank">http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C183</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"31 725 (R 1867) Verdrag inzake de herziening van het Verdrag betreffende de bescherming van het moederschap (herzien), 1952; Genève, 15 juni 2000" (in Dutch). Dutch government (officielebekendmakingen.nl). 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170510122248/https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/dossier/31725%20%28R1867%29/kst-31725-2?resultIndex=1&sorttype=1&sortorder=4" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170510122248/https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/dossier/31725%20%28R1867%29/kst-31725-2?resultIndex=1&sorttype=1&sortorder=4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>[2] Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine, ILO website, list of ratifying countries. <a href="http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/ratifce.pl?C183" target="_blank">http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/ratifce.pl?C183</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>