Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Tunisia (Ratification: 1959)

Further to its observation, the Committee notes that the Government's report contains no reply to its previous direct request. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised as follows:

Article 1(c) and (d) of the Convention. In its previous direct request, the Committee noted that under sections 51 and 56 of the Disciplinary and Penal Maritime Code, refusal to obey or resistance to an order concerning service either at sea or in a port other than a Tunisian port, and subsequent serious disciplinary misconduct during the same voyage may be punished by a six months' prison sentence (involving compulsory labour).

The Committee also noted that under sections 53 and 54 of the same Code, participation in an unlawful strike in a Tunisian port may be punished by a prison sentence of three months, or six months in the event of participation or incitation to strike at sea or in a foreign port.

The Committee asked the Government to provide full information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that the application of penalties (involving compulsory labour) is limited to acts endangering the safety of the vessel or the life or health of persons on board.

The Committee notes that, according to the Government, this information will be provided as soon as it is available, and hopes that it will be sent with the next report.