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

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 November 2012 in reply to its 2011 direct request. The Government indicates that, at a Labour Advisory Council meeting held on 12 July 2012, recommendations were made to ratify the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), and the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155). It also indicates that the ratification of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), should not be considered at this stage. Ratification could be considered when the national employment policy has been updated and the Employment Service Act, 2011, is fully operational. The Government further reports that the Labour Advisory Council has yet to pronounce itself on the ratification of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187). The Committee invites the Government to provide information on the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held by the Labour Advisory Council on each of the other matters related to international labour standards listed in Article 5(1) of the Convention (replies to questionnaires, submissions to the competent authorities, re examination of unratified Conventions and Recommendations, reports to be made to the ILO). The Committee also invites the Government to provide detailed information on the follow-up concerning the ratification of unratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(c)).