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

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Cuba (Ratification: 1965)

Since for the past few years the Committee's comments have for the most part addressed discrepancies in the application of the Convention as regards discrimination based on political opinion, the Committee considers that it does not have enough recent information to enable it to assess how the principles of the elimination of discrimination, within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention, and the promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment are applied in practice.

The Committee would therefore be grateful if, in its next report, the Government would provide information on any measures taken to ensure the effective promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment, regardless of race, colour, sex, religion, national extraction or social origin, and on the results obtained, particularly as regards:

(a) access to vocational training;

(b) access to employment and particular occupations;

(c) terms and conditions of employment, and more specifically the measures taken to promote equality of opportunity and treatment:

(i) in employment, vocational training and occupational guidance under the direction of the Government;

(ii) by legislation and educational programmes;

(iii) with the cooperation of employers' and workers' organizations and other appropriate bodies, particularly as regards employment in the private sector and matters not covered by collective agreements.