Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2011, Publicación: 101ª reunión CIT (2012)

Convenio sobre el examen médico de los pescadores, 1959 (núm. 113) - Cuba (Ratificación : 1971)

Articles 2 to 5 of the Convention. Medical examinations of fishers. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes the Government’s explanations that all fishers must have a medical certificate issued by the maritime medical services after proper medical examination especially vision and hearing tests. The Government indicates that the validity of the medical certificates varies from two months to two years. It also indicates that fishers may undergo a new examination if they do not agree with the results of the initial examination. The Government further states that the medical examination of seafarers and fishers is regulated by Resolution No. 94 of the Ministry of Public Health on maritime medical services. As Resolution No. 94 has not been made available to the Office, the Committee would appreciate receiving a copy.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee requests the Government to provide general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including, for instance, the number of professional fishers covered by the Convention, statistics on the number of medical examinations carried out and medical certificates issued each year, extracts from inspection services showing any infringements of the relevant legislation and a specimen of the current medical certificate for fishers.

Finally, the Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), which revises in an integrated manner most of the existing ILO fishing instruments. In particular, Articles 10 to 12 of Convention No. 188 essentially reproduce the provisions of the present Convention while affording greater flexibility in respect of vessels which are less than 24 metres in length and do not normally remain at sea for more than three days. The Committee invites the Government to give favourable consideration to the ratification of Convention No. 188 and to keep the Office informed of any decision taken in this regard.