Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2023, publiée 112ème session CIT (2024)

Convention (n° 111) concernant la discrimination (emploi et profession), 1958 - Argentine (Ratification: 1968)

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Article 1 of the Convention. Protection against discrimination. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in relation to the majority opinion adopted in August 2023 supporting a Bill which provides, among other measures, for the amendment of section 172 of the Employment Contract Act to prohibit discriminatory treatment in respect of income, inclusion and promotion of workers on grounds of sex, sexual characteristics, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, parental responsibility or family responsibilities. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on progress in the adoption of the above Bill.

Indigenous peoples. With reference to the adoption of measures to guarantee equality of opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation for both indigenous men and women, the Government indicates that: (1) labour skills training has been provided to the indigenous population through the Training and Employment Insurance Scheme and the More and Better Youth Employment Programme; (2) the National Afro-descendancy and Human Rights Programme has been implemented, which ensures the access to public policies of the Afro-Argentinian, Afro-descendent and African population; and (3) various vocational capacity building activities and training courses have been organized for the learning of trades by indigenous persons. With reference to assistance to victims of discrimination, the Government indicates that the responsible body is the National Institute to Combat Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI). In this regard, the Committee notes that, according to the report on the complaints received by the INADI in 2008–19, the complaints for discrimination against indigenous peoples represented 0.3 per cent of all the complaints received in 2018 and 2019. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on: (i) the specific measures adopted within the context of the National Afro-descendancy and Human Rights Programme to promote equality of opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation for indigenous men and women; and (ii) the impact of the measures adopted (for example, statistics on the labour market participation of indigenous workers, disaggregated by economic sector and sex). The Committee also refers to its comments on the application of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169).

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