Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Eswatini (Ratification: 1981)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in October 2010. The Government indicates that the National Steering Committee on Social Dialogue has been restructured in order to operationalize social dialogue. The Committee also notes that, in September 2010, the ILO facilitated a workshop to the members of the National Steering Committee on Social Dialogue. This workshop assisted the National Steering Committee on Social Dialogue in moving the dialogue process forward. The Government also indicates that the National Steering Committee on Social Dialogue has been meeting monthly since February 2010. The Committee requests the Government to provide in its next report detailed information on the tripartite consultations held, especially within the National Steering Committee on Social Dialogue, on the matters regarding international labour standards covered by the Convention. It further requests the Government to provide examples of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations held under the established procedures.

Prospects of ratification of unratified Conventions and proposals for the denunciation of ratified Conventions. The Government indicates that, as regards its replies to questionnaires on items of the agenda of the Conference, a joint meeting of the Labour Advisory Board (LAB) and the National Steering Committee on Social Dialogue was held in May 2010. The Government further indicates that Convention No. 176 has not been ratified yet. However, the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187), has been submitted to the LAB for its consideration. Concerning the denunciation of the Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936 (No. 50), the Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 64), the Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 65), and the Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1955 (No. 104), the Government reports that the issue is on the LAB agenda and is being considered. In this regard, the Committee recalls again that the ILO Governing Body invited States parties to contemplate ratifying the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), and denouncing Conventions Nos 50, 64, 65 and 104 at the same time. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on the follow-up regarding the ratification of Convention No. 187, as well as to supply information on any developments regarding the denunciation of Conventions Nos 50, 64, 65 and 104 and the ratification of Convention No. 169 (Article 5(1)(c) and (e) of the Convention).