Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983

C159
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	June 20, 1983
Date in force	June 20, 1985
Classification	Disabled Persons
Subject	Employment policy and Promotion
Previous	Termination of Employment Convention, 1982
Next	Labour Statistics Convention, 1985

It was established in 1983, with the preamble stating:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to vocational rehabilitation...

Ratifications

As of 2022, the treaty has been ratified by 85 states.

Country	Date	Notes
Afghanistan	2010-04-07	-
Argentina	1987-04-14	-
Australia	1990-08-07	-
Azerbaijan	1992-05-19	-
Bahamas	2022-11-30	will enter into force on 30 Nov 2023
Bahrain	1999-02-02	-
Belgium	2015-06-10	-
Bolivia	1996-12-19	-
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1993-06-02	-
Brazil	1990-05-18	-
Burkina Faso	1989-05-26	-
Chile	1994-10-14	-
China	1988-02-02	-
Colombia	1989-12-07	-
Costa Rica	1991-07-23	-
Côte d'Ivoire	1999-10-22	-
Croatia	1991-10-08	-
Cuba	1996-10-03	-
Cyprus	1987-04-13	-
Czech Republic	1993-01-01	-
Denmark	1985-04-01	-
Dominican Republic	1994-06-20	-
Ecuador	1988-05-20	-
Egypt	1988-08-03	-
El Salvador	1986-12-19	-
Ethiopia	1991-01-28	-
Fiji	2004-12-01	-
Finland	1985-04-24	-
France	1989-03-16	-
Germany	1989-11-14	-
Greece	1985-07-31	-
Guatemala	1994-04-05	-
Guinea	1995-10-16	-
Hungary	1984-06-20	-
Iceland	1990-06-22	-
Ireland	1986-06-06	-
Italy	2000-06-07	-
Japan	1992-06-12	-
Jordan	2003-05-13	-
Republic of Korea	1999-11-15	-
Kuwait	1998-06-26	-
Kyrgyzstan	1992-03-31	-
Lebanon	2000-02-23	-
Lithuania	1994-09-26	-
Luxembourg	2001-03-21	-
Macedonia[1]	1991-11-17	-
Madagascar	1998-06-03	-
Malawi	1986-10-01	-
Mali	1995-06-12	-
Malta	1988-06-09	-
Mauritius	2004-06-09	-
Mexico	2001-04-05	-
Mongolia	1998-02-03	-
Montenegro	2006-06-03	-
Netherlands	1988-02-15	-
Nigeria	2010-08-26	-
Norway	1984-08-13	-
Pakistan	1994-10-25	-
Panama	1994-01-28	-
Paraguay	1991-05-02	-
Peru	1986-06-16	-
Philippines	1991-08-23	-
Poland	2004-12-02	-
Portugal	1999-05-03	-
Russian Federation	1988-06-03	ratified as the Soviet Union
San Marino	1985-05-23	-
São Tomé and Príncipe	1992-06-17	-
Serbia	2000-11-24	ratified as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Slovakia	1993-01-01	-
Slovenia	1992-05-29	-
Spain	1990-08-02	-
Sweden	1984-06-12	-
Switzerland	1985-06-20	-
Tajikistan	1993-11-26	-
Thailand	2007-10-11	-
Trinidad and Tobago	1999-06-03	-
Tunisia	1989-09-05	-
Turkey	2000-06-26	-
Uganda	1990-03-27	-
Ukraine	2003-05-15	-
Uruguay	1988-01-13	-
Vietnam	2019-03-25	-
Yemen	1991-11-18	-
Zambia	1989-01-05	-
Zimbabwe	1998-07-27	-