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

Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) - Iraq (Ratification: 1972)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s last two reports, and particularly the information that a draft Labour Code is currently being prepared with the technical assistance of the Office. The Committee notes that the draft Labour Code is currently before Parliament, where it has already been examined in a first reading, and is awaiting its second reading prior to the vote. The Committee hopes that the new Labour Code will be adopted in the very near future and that it will be in conformity with the provisions of the Convention, including those concerning the protection of workers’ representatives (whether trade union or elected representatives) and the facilities afforded to them to enable them to carry out their functions. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any change in the current legislative process and to provide a copy of the new Labour Code once it has been adopted.