Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Guinea-Bissau (Ratification: 1977)

Article 1(1) and Article 2(1) and 2(c) of the Convention. 1. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that the prison system is said to be organized on the basis of political orientations formulated by the Government and requested the Government to supply copies of the texts that are in force relating to the prison system. The Committee notes from the Government's report that the Ministry of Justice submitted to the Council of Ministers a draft bill on the penitentiary regime in which prison labour is dealt with in Chapter V. The Government's report indicates also that prison labour is aimed at the vocational training of prisoners to help them in their future reinsertion into society. The Committee hopes that the Government will supply a copy of the draft bill under consideration by the Council of Ministers as soon as it is adopted.

2. The Committee notes that the Government has sent a copy of Decree No. 12-A-94 of 28 February 1994 respecting the conditions of service of employees in the public service in reply to its previous request.