Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Namibia (Ratification: 1995)

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in October 2011 in reply to its 2010 direct request. It notes with interest that, following tripartite consultations within the Labour Advisory Council, the ratification of the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) was registered in April 2010. The Committee also notes that the South African Development Community (SADC) Ministers responsible for Labour and Employment and the social partners identified the four governance Conventions (the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) and Convention No. 144) for tripartite consultation to determine if they were a priority for ratification. The Government indicates that, in line with the Decent Work Country Programme, the Labour Advisory Council identified the following Conventions for possible ratification: Conventions Nos 81 and 122, the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187). The Government further indicates that a SADC tripartite consultative meeting was convened on 30 May 2011 in Geneva in order to discuss the points on the agenda of the Conference. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on the follow-up concerning the ratification of Conventions Nos 81, 102, 122, 155 and 187 (Article 5(1)(c)). It also requests the Government to provide information on the consultations held in the Labour Advisory Council on the other matters related to international labour standards listed in Article 5(1) of the Convention.