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

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Kuwait (Ratification: 1968)

Articles 1(1) and 2(1) of the Convention. Freedom of career members of the armed forces to leave their service. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to indicate whether under Decision No. 13/1998, military officers and other career members of the armed forces can freely leave their service and under which conditions. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the work of the members of the armed forces is different from the work performed in other sectors, and it is therefore regulated by specific standards which allow them to freely leave their service or under other decisions. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate the manner in which military officers and other career members of the armed forces can freely leave their service under Decision No. 13/1998 or under other decisions. The Committee also requests the Government to provide a copy of the abovementioned Decision or other relevant text.