Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32) - Slovenia (Ratification: 1992)

Article 1 of the Convention. Applicability and scope of the Convention. With reference to the Government’s reports submitted in 2002 and 2008 including information provided by the Port of Koper, the Committee notes that the Government indicates that the Convention would no longer be relevant to Slovenia, since it dates back to 1932 and reflects the level of technology and method of work at that time. The Committee wishes to emphasize that, by virtue of the ILO Constitution and international treaty law, as well as section 8 of the Slovenian Constitution, Slovenia remains bound by the provisions of this Convention until it ceases to have legal effect in the country by denunciation either by ratifying the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152) which revised Convention No. 32 or by an independent act of denunciation. Against this background the Committee requests the Government to provide further information on how this Convention is applied in the country, in law and in practice, in particular, in the Port of Koper and whether the Regulation on Sanitary and Technical Safety Measures in Harbour Transport Work (OG of the SFRY No. 14/64) still remains in force.

Part V of the report form. With reference to the statistical information regarding work in the Port of Koper 1990–2002, the Committee requests the Government to provide additional relevant statistical information covering the period after 2002 and including information on the number, nature and causes of any fatalities, accidents and diseases among port workers nationwide; information on measures taken or envisaged to protect the workers against such fatalities and accidents; and any other relevant information to assist the appreciation by the Committee of the manner in which the Convention is applied in the country.