Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2014, publiée 104ème session CIT (2015)

Convention (n° 29) sur le travail forcé, 1930 - Argentine (Ratification: 1950)
Protocole de 2014 relatif à la convention sur le travail forcé, 1930 - Argentine (Ratification: 2016)

Article 2(2)(c) of the Convention. Prison labour. The Committee notes the observations made by the Confederation of Workers of Argentina (CTA) workers, received on 25 August 2014, concerning work in prisons. The CTA workers indicate that the Act on the execution of sentences of detention (Act No. 24.660 of 1996) has included the requirements of ILO Conventions on forced labour with regard to prison labour, but that certain difficulties remain in the implementation of the Act in practice. This has resulted in the prison population joining the Single Union of Workers Deprived of Freedom of Movement (SUTPLA), which was founded in July 2012. The purpose of this union is to protect the rights of workers who, deprived totally or partially of freedom, are parties to a dependent work relationship in the various prisons in so far as the labour relations of detainees, as recalled by the CTA workers, are governed by the labour and social security legislation in force for “free” work. The Committee notes the establishment of the SUTPLA, which constitutes an additional element approximating the conditions of work of prisoners for private entities to those of free workers. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the difficulties in the application of Act No. 24.660 referred to by the CTA workers in relation to work by prisoners carried out for the benefit of private entities.