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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Gabon (Ratification: 1988)

1. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. In its last report, the Government indicates that, despite the existence of the Advisory Labour Commission and the Advisory Occupational Safety and Health Technical Committee, these bodies are still not operational as it has not been possible to identify the most representative occupational organizations in the country. The Government explains that consultations are held in an informal manner and consist of the transmission of reports prepared by the Government to the social partners to seek their comments. The Committee notes this information and expresses the firm hope that the country’s advisory bodies will be operational in the near future and that the Government will be in a position to provide all the necessary information in its next report on the application of the Convention and on the consultations held with representative organizations, which should be determined on the basis of objective, pre-established and precise criteria. Furthermore, it requests the Government to provide a report containing detailed information on the consultations held on the matters covered by Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, including information on the work of the Advisory Labour Commission when it has become operational once again.

2. Operation of the consultation procedures. The Committee trusts that consultations will be held in the near future with representative organizations on the working of the procedures provided for in the Convention (Article 6) and that the Government will be in a position to provide information on this subject in its next report.