Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) - Somalia (Ratification: 2014)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s first report has again not been received.

The Committee notes the observations of the Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU), received on 28 August 2015, on the use of children as child soldiers and in other worst forms of child labour such as in agriculture, construction and street work. The Committee also notes the observations made by the FESTU on the inadequacy of the labour inspectorate. In these circumstances, the Committee trusts that the Government will take all the necessary measures to provide its first report on the application of the Convention as soon as possible and that it will also provide on that occasion information in response to the observations of the FESTU.