Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1987, published 74th ILC session (1987)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - French Polynesia

Article 2, paragraph 2(c), of the Convention. The Committee previously referred to section 81 of Decision No. 76-184 of 30 November 1976, under which persons sentenced to imprisonment, who are obliged to work by virtue of section 60 of this Decision, may be employed outside the prison establishment on behalf of private persons and, if they are so employed, may be placed under the responsiblity and supervision of an agent or agents furnished by the employing service and approved by the Administration.

The Committee notes with interest the statement by the Government in its report that the territorial Government has been reminded that it is essential to amend Decision No. 76-184 of 30 November 1976 respecting the organisation and regulation of prison labour, particularly in respect of sections 60 and 81, with a view to bringing it into conformity with the Convention, either by prohibiting the employment of prisoners on behalf of private individuals or by ensuring to the prisoners the normal conditions of a freely accepted employment relation.

The Committe hopes that the Government will shortly be able to indicate the measures taken to bring the provisions of sections 60 and 81 of Decision No. 76-184 of 30 November 1976 into conformity with the Convention.