What Is Emergency Unemployment Compensation?

(Signed on June 15, 1920, the Japanese Convention entered into force on March 16, 1923)
The ILO General Assembly,
Convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office on June 15, 1920, in Genoa,
Having decided to adopt several proposals on the implementation of the provisions of the monitoring agreement listed in the second agenda item of the Genoa Conference of the General Assembly, the establishment of employment agencies for seafarers and the unemployment and unemployment insurance conventions and recommendations adopted in Washington last November, which are applicable to seafarers,
It was decided that these proposals should take the form of international conventions, through which the following conventions could be adopted for ratification by ILO Member States in accordance with the provisions of the ILO Constitution, which could be called the Unemployment Compensation (Sinking Ships) Convention of 1920.
Article 1 For the purposes of this Convention, the term "seafarer" includes all persons employed on any ship sailing at sea.
2 For the purposes of this Convention, the term "vessel" includes all ships and boats, regardless of their nature, public or private, except warships, regardless of their nature.
Article 2 1. Whenever any ship is lost or sunk, the shipowner or the person who signed the onboard service contract with the seafarer shall pay to every employed seafarer unemployment compensation arising from such loss or sunk.
2 During the period when the seafarer is truly unemployed, the compensation shall be paid at the same wage rate as stipulated in the contract, but the total compensation paid to any seafarer under this Convention is limited to two months' wages.
Article 3 Like the arrears of wages earned during his work, seafarers shall receive the full amount of such compensation.
Article 4 1. The ILO Member States that have ratified this Convention pledge to apply this Convention to its colonies, protected territories and possessions that are not fully autonomous:
(A) except where the provisions of this Convention are not applicable due to local conditions;
(B) The Convention may be modified as necessary to adapt the provisions of the Convention to local conditions.
2 Member States should inform the International Labour Office of their actions against each of the colonies, protected territories and territories that cannot be fully autonomous.
Article 5 The formal ratification of this Convention shall be submitted to the Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration in accordance with the conditions laid down in the ILO Constitution.
Article 6 Once the instruments of ratification of two ILO Member States are registered with the International Labour Office, the Director-General of the International Labour Office shall immediately notify all Member States of the Organization.
Article 7 This Convention shall enter into force on the date of such notification by the Director-General of the International Labour Office and shall be binding only on those Member States whose ratifications have been registered with the International Labour Office. Thereafter, for any Member State, this Convention will enter into force on the date on which its ratification is registered with the International Labour Office.
Article 8 In accordance with Article 7, the Member States that have ratified this Convention agree to implement the provisions of this Convention by July 1, 1922, and take the necessary actions to implement them.
Article 9 Any Member State that has ratified this Convention may, after 5 years from the date on which this Convention first enters into force, notify the Director-General of the International Labour Office of termination and request registration. This notice of termination shall take effect one year after the date of registration with the International Labour Office.
Article 10 The Council of the International Labour Office shall, when it deems it necessary, report to the General Assembly on the implementation of this Convention and examine whether the question of amendments to this Convention, in whole or in part, has been placed on the agenda of the Assembly.
Article 11 The French text of this Convention shall be the same as the English text.
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