Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1967)

1. Civil Service and Administrative Careers Act. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes with interest the adoption on 19 November 2003 of the Civil Service and Administrative Careers Act, No. 476, section 3(1) of which provides that the law guarantees the prerogatives, rights, mandate and opportunities deriving from its letter and spirit without discrimination on grounds of birth, nationality, political belief, race, sex, language, religion, opinion, origin, economic situation or social condition.

2. Indigenous peoples and ethnic communities. The Committee notes with interest Decree No. 3584 issuing regulations respecting the autonomous status of the Atlantic coast regions of Nicaragua, issued under the Act respecting the common property regime of indigenous peoples and ethnic communities in the autonomous regions of the Atlantic coast, published in Spanish, Mayangna, Misquito and English, as well as the translation into Misquito of the Code for Children and Young Persons. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the implementation of the above regulations and on any relevant measures that are adopted to promote equality of opportunity and treatment for indigenous peoples and ethnic communities in the autonomous regions of the Atlantic coast.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.