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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Mongolia (Ratification: 1998)

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Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. With respect to the activities of the International Labour Standards Subcommittee established in 2016, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that this tripartite body holds 2–3 meetings per year and organizes training seminars regarding the obligation of reporting and the implementation of ratified Conventions. The Committee further notes the Government’s indication that, on 28 May 2021, it signed a Tripartite Agreement on Labour and Social Consensus 2021–22 with the Mongolian Trade Union Confederation (CMTU) and the Mongolian Employers’ Federation (MONEF). According to information available on the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)’s website, the agreement provides for the discussion of the possibility of ratifying the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95), and the Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1979 (No. 153). Moreover, the Committee notes that, according to the European Commission’s report concerning the implementation of the Incentive Arrangement for Sustainable Development and Good Governance (‘GSP+’) by Mongolia covering 2018-19, the 2019-20 tripartite agreement for labour and social consensus envisaged holding discussions on the possibility of ratifying ILO Conventions Nos 81 and 129 on labour inspection in industry and agriculture (SWD(2020) 23 final). The Committee observes that the Government does not provide information regarding whether the above ratifications prospects have also been brought to the attention of the newly established tripartite committee pursuant to Article 5(1) of the Convention. The Committee therefore reiterates its request to the Government to provide detailed updated information on the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held, including those held within the International Labour Standards Subcommittee, on all matters concerning international labour standards set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention: (i) replies to the questionnaires on Conference agenda items (Article 5(1)(a)); (ii) the submission of instruments adopted by the Conference (Article 5(1)(b)); (iii) the re-examination at appropriate intervals of unratified Conventions and Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given (Article 5(1)(c)); (iv) reports to be presented on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)); (v) and the possible denunciation of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(e)).