Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) - Rwanda (Ratification: 1988)

The Committee notes the Government's report.

Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee pointed out that, by virtue of section 160 of the Labour Code, the Minister of Labour shall, by an order made on the advice of the Labour Advisory Board, prescribe, inter alia, the minimum number of workers above which, and the category of establishments in which, the election of staff representatives shall be compulsory; the number of representatives and their distribution among the various occupations; the election procedure; and the conditions to be fulfilled by electors and candidates for election. The Committee notes that, according to the Government's report, no implementing measures have been taken on the basis of the section in question and that, with the revision of the Labour Code, the Government wished to review the situation in order to remedy the shortcomings and, as a priority, the election procedures for staff representatives. The Committee notes that the most recent draft of the Code, of which a copy was supplied by the Government, provides, in particular, that the minimum number of electors, conditions for eligibility, and number of representatives must be fixed by ministerial order. The Committee requests the Government to supply any new information on the matter, particularly the definitive text of the Labour Code as soon as it has been adopted, and any ministerial order concerning the application of provisions relating to staff representatives.