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

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Senegal (Ratification: 1961)

Article 1(c) and (d) of the Convention. Further to its previous observations, the Committee notes that work is still continuing on the reform of Labour Code and the Merchant Shipping Code. It hopes that this reform will ensure in particular that sections 223 and 243 of the Merchant Shipping Code, which provide for a penalty of imprisonment involving compulsory labour in the event of certain breaches of labour discipline, are brought into conformity with the requirements of the Convention and that the Government will provide the necessary information.

Article 1(b). The Committee notes that the Government hopes to transmit in the near future the information which was requested previously concerning the organization and activities of youth camps.