Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Liberia (Ratification: 1959)

1. The Committee notes that the Government has not commented on the subject and once again invites it to provide detailed information in its next report on the manner in which the current troubles have affected the application of the Convention in practice.

2. The Committee notes the Government's statement to the effect that there is no legislative text or regulation in Liberia which is contrary to the principle of non-discrimination in employment and occupation set out in the Convention. It also notes the Decree of 1982, issued by the Armed Forces Redemption Council of the Republic of Liberia, implementing the ILO's Conventions, including this Convention. However, the Committee draws the Government's attention to the fact that it is not sufficient to promote equality in the Constitution, since action is also needed to ensure equality in practice. Indeed, experience shows that the implementation of the Convention also requires the adoption of affirmative measures to remove and correct de facto inequalities in order to allow the members of groups which are subject to discrimination to participate in working life in all sectors and occupations and at all levels of responsibility. For this reason, the Committee once again requests information on any administrative, legislative or other measures which are explicitly designed to eliminate discrimination based on any of the seven grounds prohibited by the Convention (race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin) and to promote equality of opportunity and treatment in respect of employment and occupation. To facilitate its task, the Committee invites the Government to refer to Chapter IV (Implementation of principles) of its 1988 General Survey on equality in employment and occupation.