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

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Niger (Ratification: 1962)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption of Ordinance No. 96-039 of 29 June 1996 issuing the Labour Code, section 5 of which prohibits any discrimination in employment based on the criteria set out in the Convention: "... no employer may take into consideration the sex, age, national extraction, race, religion, colour, political or religious opinion, social origin, disability, membership or not of a trade union, or trade union activities of workers in reaching decisions concerning recruitment, the performance and distribution of work, vocational training, career advancement and promotion, remuneration, entitlement to social benefits, discipline or the termination of the employment contract". The Committee is also addressing questions directly to the Government on the reservations set out in section 5 concerning provisions protecting women and children and provisions on the situation of foreigners.

The Committee is addressing a request directly to the Government on other points.