Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934 (No. 42) - Iraq (Ratification: 1941)

Part V of the report form. Application of the Convention in practice. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee wishes to thank the Government for the information supplied regarding the legal framework regulating occupational diseases as well as for the clarifications provided with respect to how the application of the national legislation is supervised, including the role of labour inspection. The Committee notes that although there are currently no official figures indicating the number of occupational accidents and diseases, steps are being taken to establish an occupational accident and diseases monitoring system in coordination with the Ministry on Health and Higher Education. The Committee recalls in this respect that, in its 2011 comments under the Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139), it had noted the existence of a strategic plan providing for the setting up of a medical centre for occupational diseases. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government’s next report on the application of the Convention will contain detailed information on the progress made as regards the above issues.