Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Haiti (Ratification: 1955)

Article 4 of the Convention. Mutual assistance among States which have ratified the Convention. The Committee notes that many Haitian workers present in the Dominican Republic have no social security coverage, including with regard to industrial accidents. The Committee notes that a representation under article 24 of the ILO Constitution concerning the application of Convention No. 19 by the Dominican Republic was submitted by a Dominican trade union organization. This representation was declared receivable by the ILO Governing Body at its 310th Session (March 2011) and is currently being examined by a tripartite committee. Recalling that, under Article 4 of the Convention, States which ratify the Convention undertake to afford each other mutual assistance with a view to facilitating its application, the Committee invites the Government of Haiti, jointly with the Government of the Dominican Republic, to include labour migration and migrant workers’ access to social security as priority themes of dialogue between the two countries. Noting the existence of the cooperation project on gender-aware labour migration policies in the Nicaragua–Costa Rica–Panama and Haiti–Dominican Republic corridors (Políticas de migración laboral sensibles al Género en los corredores Nicaragua–CostaRica–Panamá y Haití–República Dominicana), the Committee reminds the Government that it may avail itself of technical assistance from the Office.