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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Côte d'Ivoire (Ratification: 1987)

Article 5(1) of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. In response to the Committee’s previous comments, the Government indicates that Order No. 2020-003/MEPS/CAB on the appointment of the members of the Tripartite Advisory Committee on International Labour Standards (CCTNIT) was adopted on 14 January 2020. Given that the mandate of the CCTNIT members came to term on 14 January 2023, a new order was issued on 1 August 2023: Order No. 0078/MEPS/CAB. The Committee notes that, under the terms of the Order, the CCTNIT is composed of 16 regular members and 16 deputy members. It also notes the draft agenda of the CCTNIT meeting of 17 August 2023, provided by the Government with its report. The Government indicates that to date the CCTNIT has held 12 meetings – one meeting per quarter – and has addressed all issues relating to reports on ratified and unratified Conventions. It also indicates that the CCTNIT has held discussions on the ratifications of the unratified Conventions, namely the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176), the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006), the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190). Following this work, the above-mentioned Conventions were approved with a view to initiating the ratification process. The Committee notes with interest that the Government had requested, in the Council of Ministers, the authorization of Parliament for the ratification of Conventions Nos 122 and 176 and the MLC, 2006. The Government adds that the CCTNIT has also addressed issues in relation to three sessions of the International Labour Conference (2021, 2022 and 2023) with a view to gathering views and proposals of the social partners on the associated problems. With regard to the submission of the international labour instruments, the submission process of the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205), Convention No. 190, and the Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019 (No. 206), has been initiated and is ongoing. With regard to the instruments adopted more recently by the Conference, including the Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Convention, 2023 (No. 191), the Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Recommendation, 2023 (No. 207), and the Quality Apprenticeships Recommendation, 2023 (No. 208), the Government indicates that they will be the subject of discussions at the forthcoming CCTNIT meeting. The Committeewelcomes the developments reported by the Government andrequests the Government to continue to provide specific and detailed information on the content, frequency and outcome of the tripartite consultations held on all of the matters relating to international labour standards covered by the Convention, including the government replies to questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the Conference (Article 5(1)(a)), the proposals to be made in connection with the submission of instruments adopted by the Conference to the National Assembly (Article 5(1)(b)), the re-examination at appropriate intervals of unratified Conventions and of Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given (Article 5(1)(c)), reports to be made on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)), and proposals for the denunciation of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(e)).