R131 - Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Recommendation, 1967 (No. 131)

• Subject Matter: Seguridad social,Social security,Sécurité sociale
• Court: International Labour Organization

Preamble

The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,

Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Fifty-first Session on 7 June 1967, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Old-Age Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933, the Old-Age Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933, the Invalidity Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933, the Invalidity Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933, the Survivors' Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933, and the Survivors' Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and

Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation supplementing the Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967,

adopts this twenty-ninth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven, the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Recommendation, 1967:

I. General Provisions

1. 1. In this Recommendation--
   • (a) the term legislation includes any social security rules as well as laws and regulations;
   • (b) the term prescribed means determined by or in virtue of national legislation;
   • (c) the term dependent refers to a state of dependency which is presumed to exist in prescribed cases;
   • (d) the term wife means a wife who is dependent on her husband;
   • (e) the term widow means a woman who was dependent on her husband at the time of his death;
   • (f) the term child covers--
     • (i) a child under school-leaving age or under 15 years of age, whichever is the higher; and
     • (ii) a child under a prescribed age higher than that specified in subclause (i) of this clause and who is an apprentice or student or has a chronic illness or infirmity disabling him for any gainful activity, under prescribed conditions;
   • (g) the term qualifying period means a period of contribution, or a period of employment, or a period of residence, or any combination thereof, as may be prescribed;
   • (h) the term contributory benefits means benefits the grant of which depends on direct financial participation by the persons protected or their employer or on a qualifying period of occupational activity.

II. Persons Protected

1. 2. Members should extend the application of their legislation providing for invalidity and old-age benefits, by stages if necessary...