Observation on submission to competent authorities (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Solomon Islands

Serious failure to submit. The Committee once again notes with deep concern that the Government has provided no response to its previous comments. It therefore recalls yet again that the constitutional obligation of submission is of the highest importance and is a fundamental element of the standards system of the ILO. The Committee once again expresses the firm hope, as did the Conference Committee in June 2016, June 2017, June 2018, June 2019, June 2021, June 2022 and June 2023, that the Government will comply with its obligation to submit Conventions, Recommendations and Protocols to the competent authority (the National Parliament). The Committee firmly urges the Government to take steps without delay to submit to the National Congress the 65 pending instruments adopted by the Conference between 1984 and 2019 to comply with its constitutional obligations under article 19 of the ILO Constitution and provide the required information to the International Labour Office.

The Committee once again recalls that the Government may request the technical assistance of the Office, if it so wishes, to assist it in achieving compliance with its obligations under article 19 of the Constitution with respect to the submission to the competent authorities of the instruments adopted by the Conference.