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

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Zambia (Ratification: 1964)

In previous comments the Committee has observed that regulations 40 and 41 of the Public Security Regulations, under which public officers and employees in certain services may be prohibited from leaving their employment, should be repealed or modified to ensure the observance of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's statement in its most recent report, dated 11 May 1988, that consultations among government agencies are being actively pursued with a view to modifying or repealing these regulations. The Committee also notes from the report on the direct contacts mission to Zambia which took place in November 1989 concerning Convention No. 105 that regulations 40 and 41 of the Public Security Regulations had been introduced at the time of independence because of apprehension that there might be large-scale retirement of experienced officials; this having not occurred, the provisions were entirely unused in practice and their repeal had been approved some time ago. The repeal process had become stalled at the time of the last parliamentary elections, but would now be reactivated.

The Committee notes these indications with interest and hopes that the Government will soon be in a position to report the repeal of regulations 40 and 41 of the Public Security Regulations.