Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Sudan (Ratification: 1970)

Further to its observation, the Committee notes the brief information provided by the Government. As it does not appear that any progress has been made in applying the Convention, the Committee would refer to its previous comments concerning the following Articles:

Article 3, paragraph 1(c) of the Convention. The system of labour inspection should have the function of bringing to the notice of the competent authority defects or abuses not specifically covered by existing legal provisions.

Article 5(b). Appropriate arrangements should be made to promote collaboration between officials of the labour inspectorate and employers and workers or their organisations.

Article 12, paragraph 1(a) and (b). Labour inspectors must be empowered to enter freely and without previous notice at any hour of the day or night any workplace liable to inspection and to enter by day any premises which they may have reasonable cause to believe to be liable to inspection.

Article 15(a). Labour inspectors, subject to such exceptions as may be made by national laws or regulations, should be prohibited from having any direct or indirect interest in the undertakings under their supervision.

Articles 20 and 21. Annual inspection reports should be published and copies of them sent to the ILO. They should contain all the information referred to in Article 21.

In the absence of any information as to the practical working of the labour inspection system, the Committee is unable to give due consideration to the manner in which the Convention is applied. It hopes the Government will redouble its efforts, particularly as to the matters mentioned above.