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

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Angola (Ratification: 1976)

1. In its previous direct request the Committee noted the indications of the Government according to which the provisions of Decrees Nos. 12/75 of 15 October 1975 and 44/83 of 21 May 1983, permitting certain forms of requisitioning that were the subject of comments since 1980, had been tacitly repealed by the adoption of Law No. 23/92 of 16 September 1992 which amended the Constitution. The Committee invited the Government to take the necessary measures to expressly repeal the provisions in question in order to avoid uncertainty as to the state of positive law.

The Committee notes that in its last report the Government indicates that the general labour law (No. 2/2000 of 11 February 2000) repeals all provisions which are contrary to it and that such is the case for the provisions of the abovementioned Decrees.

The Committee requests once again that the Government take the necessary measures to expressly repeal or amend Decrees Nos. 12/75 of 15 October 1975 and 44/83 of 1983.

2. The Committee notes that, under the terms of article 4.1 of the general labour law (Law No. 2/2000), compulsory work is prohibited but work required pursuant to civil service laws of general interest is exempt from this prohibition (article 4.2.a).

The Committee asks the Government to communicate the text of the laws on civil service of general interest.