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

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Gabon (Ratification: 1961)

The Committee notes that the Government's report contains no reply to its previous direct request. The Committee hopes that the Government will provide information on the following matter, raised previously.

Article 1(a) of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee referred to section 2, subsection 2, of Act No. 22/84 of 29 December 1984 to organise prison labour, under which political prisoners sentenced at the same time for related offences under ordinary law are considered to be convicts under ordinary law and, by virtue of section 3, are obliged to work.

The Committee noted the Government's statement that this legislation has not yet been applied in practice. The Committee again requests the Government to supply details on the scope of these provisions and to continue providing information on the effect given to them in practice, including copies of judicial rulings.