Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Somalia

Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22) (Ratification: 1960)
Repatriation of Seamen Convention, 1926 (No. 23) (Ratification: 1960)

Noting with regret that the Government has not submitted a report on the application of these Conventions, the Committee recalls that, in the context of the Standards Review Mechanism, in accordance with the recommendation of the Special Tripartite Committee established under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006), the ILO Governing Body classified Conventions Nos 22 and 23 as “outdated”. At its 343rd Session (November 2021), the Governing Body placed an item concerning the abrogation of Conventions Nos. 22 and 23 on the agenda of the 118th Session (2030) of the International Labour Conference. The Committee also notes that, in January 2023, the Government requested the technical assistance of the Office in relation to the possible ratification of the MLC, 2006, and that exchanges have taken place to provide the technical assistance requested. In this context, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on any developments regarding the eventual ratification of the MLC, 2006.