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

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Afghanistan (Ratification: 1979)

The Committee recalls its previous direct requests and hopes that in its next report the Government will provide the information which the Committee has been requesting over a period of years on the following points.

Article 2(c) of the Convention. Please indicate the measures taken or envisaged for the granting of paid educational leave for the purpose of trade union education.

Article 6. The Committee notes the Government's statement to the effect that it is endeavouring to involve employers' and workers' organizations with the policy for the promotion of paid educational leave. The Committee requests the Government to describe the manner in which these organizations are contributing, in practice, to the formulation and application of this policy.

Moreover, the Committee refers to its comments in respect of the application of Conventions Nos. 111 and 142, and recalls that the Government is required, under the provisions of Article 8 of the Convention, to take the necessary measures to ensure that workers enjoy equality of access to paid educational leave irrespective of their race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on the measures taken to this effect.