Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1993)

Article 5(1) of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Government indicates in its report that it is continuing its efforts to improve the procedure for ratifying ILO Conventions and preparing reports on the application of ratified Conventions. It adds that reports submitted to the ILO on both unratified and ratified Conventions are consistently sent to employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Committee notes that the Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132), was ratified on 20 May 2016. The Government further indicates the possibility of ratifying the Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988 (No. 168), in consultation with the social partners. In reply to the Committee’s previous comments, the Government indicates that the draft Regulations of the Tripartite Commission on Social and Economic Matters have been submitted to the Council of Ministers for finalization. The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of the Regulations of the Tripartite Commission on Social and Economic Matters as soon as they are adopted. It also requests the Government to provide information on the content and outcome of tripartite consultations held on all matters concerning international labour standards covered by the Convention, particularly relating to questionnaires on Conference agenda items (Article 5(1)(a)); the re-examination at appropriate intervals of unratified Conventions and Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given (Article 5(1)(c)); questions arising out of reports to be presented on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)); and the possible denunciation of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(e)).

Article 5(1)(b). Submission to the National Assembly. The Committee refers to the comments it has been making for several years on the obligation to submit instruments adopted by the Conference to the Milli Mejlis (National Assembly). It recalls that Convention No. 144 goes beyond the obligation set out in article 19 of the ILO Constitution, in that it requires governments to consult the representative organizations of employers and workers before finalizing proposals to be submitted to the National Assembly concerning the instruments adopted by the Conference. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the consultations held with the social partners on proposals made to the Milli Mejlis (National Assembly) in connection with the submission of the instruments adopted by the Conference.