Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1989)

Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. In reply to its previous comments, the Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government in its report on the holding of tripartite consultations between 2015 and August 2018 in the Tripartite Committee on International Labour Affairs on each of the subjects relating to international labour standards required by the Convention. The subjects covered during the consultations included the examination of the possible ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), and the Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175). In this regard, the Committee notes with interest that the ratification of Convention No. 175 was registered on 28 February 2017. The Government also reports the holding of tripartite consultations on: ILO technical cooperation activities, the resolutions and conclusions of ILO supervisory bodies and the promotion of greater knowledge of ILO activities, in accordance with Paragraph 6 of Recommendation No. 152. Finally, the Committee notes the reference by the Government to the establishment of the Tripartite Labour Relations and Freedom of Association Commission under the terms of Ministerial Decision No. 45-2018 of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, in accordance with the requests of the ILO supervisory bodies in the context of the examination of the complaint made in 2012 under article 26 of the ILO Constitution concerning non-compliance with the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87). The Committee requests the Government to continue providing detailed and updated information on the consultations held on each of the subjects relating to international labour standards covered by Article 5(1)(a)–(e) of the Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to keep it informed of any developments in the possible ratification of Convention No. 189.