Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

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

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous direct request concerning the status of the Land Reform Proclamation of 1975, to be reviewed in the light of the new Constitution, and the repeal of the post-1985 resettlement policy, as well as developments towards the adoption of a new Constitution. Since the Government is in the course of revising the national legislation, the Committee asks the Government to keep it informed of any legislative developments concerning the principle of the Convention and to communicate a copy of the Constitution once adopted.

2. The Committee also notes the information supplied by the Government on the use of national languages in the context of the new education policy, in reply to its previous direct request regarding the implementation of the provisions to eliminate discrimination as laid down in Labour Proclamation No. 42/1993. The Committee would appreciate receiving information on this new education policy, as well as on legislative protection against discrimination in employment afforded to teachers who are employees of the state administration and thus outside the scope of the Labour Proclamation (section 3(2)(e)).

3. In this connection, the Committee requests the Government to supply details on how the national policy on non-discrimination is applied to these public employees excluded from the coverage of the Labour Proclamation who might face discriminatory employment practices on the bases of political opinion, national extraction, social origin, etc. For example, have special laws been adopted to provide protection for the categories of workers who are excluded from the scope of the Labour Proclamation by virtue of section 3(2)?

4. The Committee repeats its request for indications concerning the activities of the Institute for the Study of Ethiopian Nationalities, established by Proclamation No. 236 of 1983.