Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932

The **Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932** is an **International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention** aimed at improving the safety and protection of workers engaged in **loading or unloading ships** (dock work).

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## Overview

- **Code**: C32  
- **Date adopted**: 25 June 1932  
- **Date in force**: 1 March 1934  
- **Subject**: Occupational Safety and Health  
- **Classification**: Dock Work

The Convention was adopted during the **16th Session** of the ILO Conference as a **partial revision** of the earlier **C28 - Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention, 1929**, which has since been shelved.

> *“Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the partial revision of the Convention concerning the protection against accidents of workers employed in loading or unloading ships adopted by the Conference at its Twelfth Session...”*  
> — Preamble to the Convention

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## Modifications

- **Revises**: <a href="/wiki/C28%20-%20Protection%20against%20Accidents%20(Dockers)%20Convention,%201929/">C28 - Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention, 1929</a>(https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C028)
- **Revised by**: <a href="/wiki/C152%20-%20Occupational%20Safety%20and%20Health%20(Dock%20Work)%20Convention,%201979/">C152 - Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979</a>(https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C152)

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## Ratifications

As of **2013**:

- **46 countries** had ratified the Convention.
- **13 countries** later **denounced** it, many automatically after ratifying the **1979 revision (C152)**.

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## External Links

- <a href="/wiki/Full%20Text%20of%20the%20Convention/">Full Text of the Convention</a>(https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:312177)
- <a href="/wiki/Ratification%20Status/">Ratification Status</a>(https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11300:0::NO:11300:P11300_INSTRUMENT_ID:312177)

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