Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Mozambique (Ratification: 1977)

Article 1 of the Convention. Legislative protection against discrimination. The Committee recalls that for years, it has drawn the Government’s attention to the fact that its national legislation does not: (1) expressly prohibit both direct and indirect forms of discrimination in all aspects of employment and occupation, i.e. throughout the whole employment cycle (access to vocational training, access to employment and to particular occupations, and terms and conditions of employment); and (2) include the discrimination grounds of “national extraction” and “social origin” as specified in Article 1(1)(a) of the Convention. The Committee observes with regret that the Government did not seize the opportunity to amend the new Labour Act No.13/2023 accordingly, before its adoption. In light of the above, the Committee urges the Government to explicitly define and prohibit direct and indirect discrimination and ensure that this prohibition covers: (i) all the grounds listed in Article 1(1)(a) of the Convention, as well as any other grounds already enumerated in its national legislation; and (ii) all aspects of employment and occupation. It further asks the Government to provide information on any progress made in this regard, in particular as a result of the technical assistance provided by the ILO in the framework of the #Trade4DecentWork Project.

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