Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Suriname (Ratification: 2017)

Article 1(1)(a) of the Convention. Discrimination based on sex. Sexual harassment. The Committee refers to its previous comment and notes the Government’s confirmation that the draft Violence in the Workplace and Sexual Harassment Act has been amended to include the prohibition of sexual harassment in vocational training, access to employment and performing work in an occupation. The Government also confirms that the protection against sexual harassment includes harassment by co-workers and clients and other persons met in connection with the performance of work as well as employers and supervisors. However, the Committee notes with regret that the draft Bill has not been adopted yet. The Committee therefore asks the Government to: (i) ensure that the draft Violence in the Workplace and Sexual Harassment Act includes a prohibition of both quid pro quo and hostile work environment sexual harassment; (ii) take all the necessary measures to ensure its adoption in the nearest future; and (iii) provide information on any developments in this respect, as well as a copy of the Act once adopted.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.