Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 1958)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

Article 1(a), (c) and (d) of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee referred to certain provisions of the Economic Penal Code, the Penal Code, the Agricultural Labour Code and the Press Act, under which prison sentences involving compulsory labour can be inflicted for acts covered by Article 1(a), (c) and (d). It noted that a draft Legislative Decree amending various sections of the Penal Code to eliminate all compulsory prison labour was being examined by the legislative authorities. The Committee noted that the Government's report received in 1988 contained no indication as to the progress of this draft, and trusts that the Government will shortly be able to state that amended legislation is in force to ensure observance of the Convention and that it will provide a copy of the provisions adopted.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.