Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Uganda (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It is therefore bound to repeat its previous comments.

Repetition

Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. Frequency of tripartite consultations. In its report, the Government indicates that the National Tripartite Charter on Labour Relations of 2013 provides for the procedures which ensure effective tripartite consultations on international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention. It also reports that the Charter, which had been under tripartite review since October 2022, was pending adoption at the time of reporting. The Government further indicates that, with ILO technical assistance, training on international labour standards, with a particular emphasis on reporting issues, was held from 27 June to 30 June 2023. Lastly, it adds that meetings regarding consultations on the matters concerning the activities of the ILO are convened as it deems appropriate. The Committee notes with concern that the Tripartite Charter on Labour Relations of 2013 supposed to give effect to the obligations assumed under the Convention was still not adopted in 2022 and urges the Government to proceed with its enactment. Furthermore, the Committee draws the Government’s attention to the fact that, in accordance with Article 5(2) of the Convention, tripartite consultations must be undertaken at appropriate intervals fixed by agreement with the workers’ and employers’ representatives, but at least once a year. Noting that for many years the Government has not provided the specific information requested as regards how it is ensured that effective and periodic consultations for the purpose of the Convention are carried out in the country, the Committee recalls that while having procedures established by national law and practice for consultations related to international labour standards is important, it does not dispense the Government from providing information on how these procedures are operated in practice in its report on the application of the Convention. The Committee therefore once again requests the Government to provide detailed information on the content, frequency and outcome of the tripartite consultations held on all of the matters concerning international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention during each period covered by its reports on the Convention, including with respect to: the Government’s replies to questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the International Labour Conference (Article 5(1)(a)); the proposals to be made to the competent authorities upon the submission of instruments adopted by the Conference (Article 5(1)(b)); the re-examination at appropriate intervals of unratified Conventions and Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given (Article 5(1)(c)); the reports to be made on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)); and the proposals for the denunciation of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(e)). It further requests the Government to provide information on how the revised National Tripartite Charter on Labour Relations, once adopted, will impact the implementation of the Convention.

Article 4.Administrative support and financing of training. The Committee notes in the Government’s report indicating that the participation of the employers’ and workers’ organizations at the International Labour Conference is financed by the Government. It further notes that training for the consultative procedures is funded by the Government with assistance from the international organizations and other development partners. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed and specific information on the manner in which it also assumes responsibility for the administrative support of the consultation procedures covered by the Convention (Article 4(1)), as well as detailed information specifically on the arrangements made for the financing of the training of participants in consultation procedures, including their content, frequency and the impact of the training provided (Article 4(2)).

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the near future.