Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22) - Colombia (Ratification: 1933)

With reference to its previous observation, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report to the effect that the draft Decree to give effect to the Convention is currently being revised by the Legal Office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. In this respect, the Committee notes that, if the above draft text were to be adopted in its current form, it would give effect to Articles 1, 2, 3 (paragraphs 1, 4 and 6), 4, 5 (paragraph 1 (in part)), 6, 9 (paragraph 1), 10, 11 and 12 of the Convention. Nevertheless, measures would still need to be taken to give effect to Article 3, paragraph 2 (conditions under which agreements are signed), Article 5, paragraphs 1 and 2 (form of the document, the particulars to be recorded and the manner in which they are to be entered), Article 8 (information on conditions of employment on board), Article 9, paragraph 2 (conditions governing the giving of notice) and paragraph 3 (exceptional circumstances in which notice even when duly given does not terminate the agreement), and Article 15 (measures to ensure compliance with the terms of the Convention). The Committee trusts that the Government will supply additional information on the adoption and coming into force of the above draft text and that it will take the necessary measures to ensure that effect is given to all the provisions of the Convention by specific legislative measures.

The Commmittee would also be grateful if the Government would supply detailed information on the effect given in practice to Articles 7, 13 and 14, and if it would provide the information called for in point V of the report form. Finally, the Government is requested to supply a copy of the document referred to in Article 5.