Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Belize (Ratification: 2000)

Articles 2, 3 and 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. In reply to its previous observations, the Government indicates in the report received in September 2009 that the Labour Advisory Board was reactivated on 13 March 2009. The Government further indicates that the Board’s membership is comprised of nine individuals: three individuals representing workers, three representing employers and three representing the Government. The Government also indicates that training on the consultative procedures would be beneficial for the participants. The Committee notes that prior to March 2009, in the absence of the Labour Advisory Board, draft reports due under article 22 of the ILO Constitution were forwarded to employers’ and workers’ organizations for their comments, whereas now they will be submitted to the Board. The Committee notes that one of the functions of the Board is to review all unratified Conventions. The Government indicates that instruments adopted by the Conference in October 1996 and the other 17 sessions held between 1990 and 2007 will be submitted to the Labour Advisory Board for their recommendation to the Minister of Labour and the National Assembly. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the consultations held to re-examine the prospects of ratification of the unratified Conventions, and on any follow-up to recommendations derived from such consultations. The Government is also requested to report on the activities of the Labour Advisory Board concerning each of the other matters set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention.