Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Sudan (Ratification: 1970)

The Committee notes the Government’s brief report and the statistical data on labour inspection activities in the wilaya of Khartoum. The Committee wishes once again to draw the Government’s attention to the following points.

1.  Reporting obligations.  The Convention is one of the ILO’s priority Conventions and, as such, gives rise to the obligation to transmit to the Office detailed biennial reports on any changes and developments in the application of each of its provisions. In each of its reports, the Government should provide, among other elements, information on changes in the relevant legislation, the staff of the labour inspection services, its composition by grade and speciality and its geographical distribution, the number and distribution by type of activity of workplaces liable to supervision by the labour inspectorate, and this information should cover the whole of the territory and not only part of it.

2.  Annual labour inspection reports.  The annual general reports on the labour inspection services should contain information allowing the central authority to have an overview of the situation and the effectiveness of the resources used, so that it can direct inspection activities more effectively. These annual reports also have the objective of bringing to the knowledge of workers, employers and their organizations the means employed and the results achieved, and of seeking their point of view on the action to be taken to improve the application of provisions respecting general conditions of work and occupational safety and health. While noting the few statistics provided concerning inspection activities in the wilaya of Khartoum, the Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures for the regular publication and transmission to the ILO by the competent central authority, within the meaning of Article 4 of the Convention, in the time limits set out in Article 20, of annual inspection reports covering each of the subjects enumerated in Article 21.

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