Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Iceland (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. As regards the implementation in practice of the Equal Status of Women and Men Act No. 28/1991 in government ministries and state institutions, the Committee notes that, within the framework of the above-mentioned Four-Year Plan of Action, individual ministries are responsible for the implementation of specific activities within their mandate, such as the recruitment of more women as criminal investigators within the Ministry of Justice. The Committee also notes the appointment of the first Sexual Equality Officer in Iceland as a result of a plan of action for sexual equality adopted by a local authority. Noting that the 1991 Act specifies that the results of plans of action were to be assessed after two years (in Spring 1995) by the Office of the Equal Status Council, the Committee requests the Government to supply a copy of that evaluation, once completed, as well as any details on further measures taken in accordance with the Act to promote equality of opportunity and treatment in employment.

2. The Committee notes the information on the Nordic NORD-LILIA project designed to better equip teachers to address the different needs of the sexes. Noting that the project was to end in late 1994, the Committee requests the Government to supply, with its next report, a copy of any evaluation made of this project's results.