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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Rwanda (Ratification: 1988)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report does not contain a reply to its previous direct request.

1. Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government once again to indicate in its next report the measures which have been taken or are envisaged to ensure that all workers, including agricultural workers, and not only trade union delegates, enjoy adequate protection against acts of anti-union discrimination both at the time of taking up employment and during the employment relationship, accompanied by sufficiently effective and dissuasive sanctions, in accordance with the requirements of the Convention.

2. Article 4. The Committee requests the Government to communicate in its next report information on how this provision is applied in practice, including the number of collective Conventions which have been concluded, the categories of staff covered, etc.