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

Seafarers' Welfare Convention, 1987 (No. 163) - Brazil (Ratification: 1997)

Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to take necessary measures to have welfare services and facilities reviewed at regular intervals and to report on any progress made in this regard.

Article 6. The Committee asks the Government to take the necessary measures to cooperate with other Members with a view to ensuring the application of this Convention, and to ensure cooperation between the parties engaged and interested in promoting the welfare of seafarers at sea and in port, and to report on any progress made in this regard.

Article 1, paragraph 3. Please indicate as to what extent the provisions of the Convention are applied to commercial maritime fishing, and provide information on the consultations which have taken place in accordance with this paragraph.

Article 2, paragraph 1. Please indicate how the Government ensures that welfare facilities provided for seafarers in port by voluntary organizations are adequate.

Article 2, paragraph 2. Please describe the arrangements made (either by the Government itself or by voluntary organizations) for financing the seafarer’s welfare facilities and services.

Article 3, paragraph 2. Please provide information on the consultations which have taken place in accordance with this Article.

Part III of the report form. Clarification as to how coordination is organized between the maritime authority and the labour inspectorate to ensure enforcement of the provisions of the Convention.

Part V of the report form. Please give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in Brazil, and provide information on the nature, location and number of welfare services and facilities in ports and on board ships and the number of seafarers having access to these services and facilities.