Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Iceland (Ratification: 1981)

Article 5 of the Convention. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide information on the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held on the matters covered by the Convention. The Committee notes the attached reports and information provided by the Government on the number of tripartite consultations held by the Icelandic Tripartite ILO Committee (ITIC) from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2021 on questions concerning the items on the agenda of the International Labour Conference and questions arising out of reports to the ILO. The Government indicates that the ITIC has taken part in the preparation of the reports delivered by the Minister of Social Affairs and Children to the Icelandic Parliament (Althing) on instruments adopted by the International Labour Conference. In this regard, the Committee notes with interest that the ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), has been endorsed and preparatory work for its ratification is under the purview of the Ministry of Social Affairs. It also notes that the ITIC is currently considering improving its working procedures with respect to the process of reviewing new ILO Conventions and Recommendations. The Committee notes that discussions regarding possible denunciation of the Unemployment Convention, 1919 (No. 2) and its impact on the Icelandic legal framework are ongoing within the ITIC. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held on all of the matters covered by Article 5 of the Convention, particularly regarding any modifications made to the ITIC working procedures regarding the process of reviewing ILO Conventions and Recommendations.