Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1993)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s reports received in August 1998 and July 2000, which contain general information on the application of the Convention. It notes that, following the tripartite consultations referred to in the Government’s reports, the ratifications of Conventions Nos. 81, 105 and 129, and of the Protocol of 1995, were registered on 9 August 2000. Furthermore, the Employers’ Association of Azerbaijan, with which the Government appears to have established contacts on certain of the matters covered by the Convention, was officially registered in March 1999.

2. The Committee notes that consultations with trade unions and employers take place in writing. With reference to its previous comments, it requests the Government to inform it of any consultations held with the representative organizations on the nature and form of the procedures operated to ensure effective consultations between representatives of the Government, of employers and of workers (Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Convention).

3. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide with its next report the information requested in the report form with regard to Articles 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Convention, and particularly on the consultations held during the period covered by the report on each of the matters set out in Article 5, paragraph 1.