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

Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) - Peru (Ratification: 1976)

1. In comments it has been making for several years, the Committee has noted that no specific provisions to prevent and control cancer have been adopted since the Convention was ratified.

The Committee notes with regret that, according to the information supplied by the Government in its report, no significant results have been reached by the public agencies working group which was to propose legal measures to give effect to the Convention. It notes that, according to the information supplied by the Government, the General Directorate of inspection and occupational safety and health has been entrusted with drafting legislation to protect workers exposed to dangerous substances and recalls that States which have ratified the Convention are required, under most of its provisions, to take specific legal or technical measures concerning occupational cancer. In this regard, the Committee would call the Government's attention to the study on the prevention and control of occupational cancer, published by the ILO, which can serve as a guide in implementing the principles of the Convention and hopes that the necessary measures will be taken to protect workers against the risks of exposure to carcinogenic substances or agents as called for by the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to indicate any progress made in this regard.

2. The Committee notes that the Government has requested information concerning the application of the Convention from the National Institute of Neoplasic Diseases in connection with the National Institute of Occupational Health which it intends to transmit upon receipt. The Committee hopes that the Government will therefore furnish detailed information on the practical activities of these two Institutes in the area of occupational cancer prevention and control.