Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) - Guinea - Bissau (Ratification: 1977)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report stating that it undertakes to ratify the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176), to denounce the present Convention and to carry out an information campaign on Convention No. 176 with the social partners. The Committee recalls that, according to established practice, Convention No. 45 will be open for denunciation for one year, from 30 May 2017 to 30 May 2018. It also wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the fact that it might receive technical assistance from the International Labour Office to facilitate the ratification of Convention No. 176, and it invites it to provide information on its possible needs in this respect.

Plan of action 2010–16. The Committee takes this opportunity to inform the Government that in March 2010 the Governing Body adopted the plan of action 2010–16 to achieve widespread ratification and effective implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and its Protocol of 2002, and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) (document GB.307/10/2(Rev.)). Noting that the Government has not ratified any of these instruments of general scope on occupational safety and health, the Committee draws the Government’s attention to the fact that, under this plan, the Office will provide technical assistance to the Governments, as the case may be, if required, so that they might bring their law and practice in line with these key conventions on occupational safety and health in order to promote their effective ratification and application. Furthermore, the Committee recalls that the Office is ready to provide assistance with the preparation of reports on the application of ratified Conventions. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on its possible needs in this respect.