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

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Portugal (Ratification: 1956)
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 - Portugal (Ratification: 2020)

1. Freedom of persons in the service of the State to leave their employment. The Committee asked to be informed on progress in the revision of the Conditions of Service of Officers of the Armed Forces (Legislative Decree No. 46672 of 26 November 1965).

In its report, the Government indicates that the revision of the Conditions of Services of Officers of the Armed Forces has now been completed and submitted for examination by the Government, before being submitted to the Assembly of the Republic for adoption. As the Assembly has been dissolved, the examination and adoption of the revised Conditions of Service have been postponed.

The Committee takes note of this information and asks the Government to provide a copy of the above text once it has been adopted.

2. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government on prison labour.