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

Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22) - Papua New Guinea (Ratification: 1976)

Article 12 of the Convention. In comments it had been making for many years, the Committee had noted that no provision in the relevant maritime legislation allowed for circumstances in which a seafarer may demand his immediate discharge. It recalls that the Government had declared its intent to make the necessary addition to the maritime legislation in this respect when the Merchant Shipping Act is next reviewed. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that, in light of the labour law reviews currently being pursued by the Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations, it is possible that the relevant maritime legislation will also be looked at, a matter which will have to be discussed with the Ministry of Transport. The Committee urges the Government to take the necessary steps to bring the legislation in line with the Convention as well as to report in detail on any progress made in this regard.