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

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Ukraine (Ratification: 1956)

Article 1(1) and Article 2(1) of the Convention. 1. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government on the right of military career personnel to ask for termination of their service. The Committee would ask the Government to indicate in its next report whether a request by those concerned to be discharged from military service can be refused in time of peace, and to specify which is the competent authority and whether a recourse is available against a decision of refusal.

2. As regards auxiliary labour in agriculture or seasonal agricultural work based on a mutually agreed conditions, the Committee asks the Government to provide any relevant information on the manner in which such labour is organized in law and practice and to supply relevant texts.

Article 25. 3. The Committee notes the information on the sanctions under section 133 of the Penal Code in case of illegal exaction of forced labour, particularly sanctions other than pecuniary fines. The Committee would ask the Government to specify under what section these sanctions are mentioned, and to indicate whether they would be applicable in all cases involving the illegal exaction of forced labour, private employers as well as administrative bodies.