Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934 (No. 42) - Burundi (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes that the Government’s reply to its previous comments and to the communication received in August 2012 from the Trade Union Confederation of Burundi (COSYBU) has not been received. It therefore hopes that a report will be submitted in time for examination at its next session and that it will reply to the questions that follow here below.

Application of the Convention in practice. According to the information previously submitted by the Government, the reported cases of occupational diseases are extremely low because the workers, employers and even the doctors have very little knowledge about these issues. In its 2012 comments, the COSYBU recommends in this respect that the list of occupational diseases should be reviewed, a recommendation that it seems is shared by the employers’ movement. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would specify, without further delay, the measures it intends taking to improve the system for diagnosing and recognizing occupational diseases in the context of the national occupational safety and health policy, which could take the form of organizing training sessions for occupational physicians and/or adopting a proactive approach that would disseminate easily accessible information on procedures for recognizing occupational diseases among workers at risk.