Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Ethiopia (Ratification: 1966)

1. The Committee takes note of the Government's reply to its previous direct request concerning the application in practice of Labour Proclamation No. 42/1993, in particular the statistics concerning the number of public employees by major occupational groups and by sex for 1986-87 and the number of male and female graduates from higher vocational training institutions. It also notes the Government's statement that the new democratic atmosphere prevailing in the country has become a guarantee for equal treatment in employment and opportunity in both vocational training and access to occupations. Noting that the Government undertakes to supply further reports pertaining to, in particular, the use of national languages in the educational system from the primary level, the Committee looks forward to receiving more detailed information on the implementation of the national policy to eliminate discrimination - as set out in the new Proclamation - in the Government's next report, with particular reference to grounds other than sex.

2. Noting that the Government's report is silent on point 2 of its previous direct request, the Committee is obliged to ask again for indications concerning the activities of the Institute for the Study of Ethiopian Nationalities, concerning in particular any measures it advocates or implements to improve access of the various ethnic groups to vocational training and employment.

3. In its previous direct requests, the Committee requested information on the Land Reform Proclamation of 1975 and the Government's post-1985 resettlement policy, in particular on whether the school building and training projects were implemented without discrimination based on social origin and national extraction, and on their impact on equal access to employment and to different occupations. The Committee requests the Government to clarify the status of these two policies.

4. The Committee asks the Government to inform it of any legislative developments concerning the principle of the Convention, in particular, any progress in the adoption of a new Constitution.