Article I

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 26-02-1965

Bronpublicatie:: 18-10-1961, Trb. 1962, 3 (uitgifte: 12-01-1962, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 26-02-1965
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 12-05-1980, Trb. 1980, 65 (uitgifte: 01-01-1980, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Internationaal publiekrecht / Mensenrechten
Internationale sociale zekerheid / Mensenrechten

The Contracting Parties accept as the aim of their policy, to be pursued by all appropriate means, both national and international in character, the attainment of conditions in which the following rights and principles may be effectively realised:

1.: Everyone shall have the opportunity to earn his living in an occupation freely entered upon.
2.: All workers have the right to just conditions of work.
3.: All workers have the right to safe and healthy working conditions.
4.: All workers have the right to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families.
5.: All workers and employers have the right to freedom of association in national or international organisations for the protection of their economic and social interests.
6.: All workers and employers have the right to bargain collectively.
7.: Children and young persons have the right to a special protection against physical and moral hazards to which they are exposed.
8.: Employed women in case of maternity, and other employed women as appropriate, have the right to a special protection in their work.
9.: Everyone has the right to appropriate facilities for vocational guidance with a view to helping him choose an occupation suited to his personal aptitude and interests.
10.: Everyone has the right to appropriate facilities for vocational training.
11.: Everyone has the right to benefit from any measures enabling him to enjoy the highest possible standard of health attainable.
12.: All workers and their dependents have the right to social security.
13.: Anyone without adequate resources has the right to social and medical assistance.
14.: Everyone has the right to benefit from social welfare services.
15.: Disabled persons have the right to vocational training, rehabilitation and resettlement, whatever the origin and nature of their disability.
16.: The family as a fundamental unit of society has the right to appropriate social, legal and economic protection to ensure its full development.
17.: Mothers and children, irrespective of marital status and family relations, have the right to appropriate social and economic protection.
18.: The nationals of anyone of the Contracting Parties have the right to engage in any gainful occupation in the territory of anyone of the others on a footing of equality with the nationals of the latter, subject to restrictions based on cogent economic or social reasons.
19.: Migrant workers who are nationals of a Contracting Party and their families have the right to protection and assistance in the territory of any other Contracting Party.