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

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Sudan (Ratification: 1970)

1. The Committee has taken note of the information supplied by the Government in its report in response to the Committee's previous direct request concerning the Ministerial Council for Human Resources Development and the Central Labour Commission, the establishment of which was under consideration. The Committee asks the Government to keep it informed of developments in that respect and of any measure taken by the bodies comprising employers' and workers' representatives to ensure equality of opportunity of treatment in respect of employment.

2. The Committee has taken note of the information provided concerning the activities of the regional vocational training centres. It asks the Government to transmit with its next report more detailed information on those regional centres, their achievements and their programmes, together with statistics on the type of training provided, the number of students and graduations, their distribution by sex and origin, etc. In addition, it requests the Government to supply details as to the scope of condition No. 3 for admission to the training centres, namely that of "being physically suitable".

3. The Committee has been informed of the adoption in November 1991 of measures requiring women working in public posts to wear apparel in conformity with the Shari'a. The Committee asks the Government to supply information concerning these measures and their effects on the employment of women. In particular the Committee asks the Government to indicate what penalties are applicable in the event of non-compliance with that obligation and how it is made sure that such measures do not give rise to discriminatory practices that would be contrary to the Convention.