Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) - Central African Republic (Ratification: 2010)

Follow-up to the discussion of the Committee on the Application of Standards (International Labour Conference, 103rd Session, May–June 2014)

Article 3 of the Convention. Human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples. The Committee noted the questions raised during the tripartite discussion on the very worrying situation prevailing in the country, characterized particularly by the targeted violence against members of the Aka and Mbororo populations, protected under the Convention, and by the worsening insecurity and tensions between communities. The Committee notes that the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted, on 10 April 2014, Resolution 2149 (2014) establishing the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). The Committee once again expresses its deep concern about the acts of violence that have caused victims among the country’s indigenous communities, resulting in many livestock breeders, especially the Mbororo, fleeing and seeking exile in neighbouring countries. It urges all the parties not to resort to violence and to resume dialogue between the various communities. The Committee invites the national transitional authorities to make greater efforts to ensure full respect for the human rights of indigenous peoples, especially those of children and women of the Aka and Mbororo ethnic groups. The Committee hopes that law and order will be restored in the country and calls upon the governmental authorities to implement fully the Convention. It also expresses its wish to see the ILO contribute towards finding a sustainable solution that would give international labour standards their rightful place.

The Committee notes the communication dated 1 September 2014 whereby the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) included the Central African Republic in its observations concerning the application of the Convention. The Committee invites the Government to submit any comments it deems appropriate on the observations made by the IOE.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.