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

Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108) - Guinea-Bissau (Ratification: 1977)

Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes from the Government's report that the number of vessels engaged in the coasting trade has increased and that new legislation is envisaged which will give effect to Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee hopes that measures will also be taken to ensure the application of Article 4, paragraph 2, and Articles 5 and 6 of the Convention, and that the Government's next report will contain information on this subject.