The Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention is the 17th convention of the International Labour Organization, adopted in 1925.
It sets out the requirement that workers or their dependants must be compensated for injury as a result of accidents in the workplace.
As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 74 states.
[citation needed] Three states—Chile, Sweden, and Uruguay—have subsequently denounced the convention.
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