Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32) - Belarus (Ratification: 1970)

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

Prospect of ratification of the most up-to-date Convention. In its previous comment, the Committee encouraged the Government to follow-up on the Governing Body’s decision adopted at its 328th Session (October–November 2016) approving the recommendations of the Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group and to consider ratifying the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152), as the most up-to-date instrument in this subject area. In its report, received in September 2023, the Government indicates that Member States generally receive the assistance of the Office in examining the ratification of a new ILO instrument as this requires an in-depth comparative study of national legislation and the provisions of the instrument in question. However, following the resolution adopted by the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2023, the Government was informed that it could not receive the technical assistance of the Office, aside from assistance in implementing the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry established to examine the observance of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98). Under these conditions, the Government is not considering ratifying any ILO instrument. The Committee notes this information.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Prospect of ratification of the most up-to-date Convention. The Committee encourages the Government to follow-up on the Governing Body’s decision adopted at its 328th Session (October–November 2016) approving the recommendations of the Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group and to consider ratifying the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152), as the most up-to-date instrument in this subject area. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any measures taken in this regard and recalls that it can avail itself of the technical assistance of the Office for this purpose.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

1. The Committee notes the detailed information contained in the Government’s latest report.

2. The Committee takes this opportunity to recall that the Governing Body of the ILO has invited parties to Convention No. 32 to consider ratification of the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152), which revised Convention No. 32. Such ratification would automatically entail an immediate denunciation of Convention No. 32 (GB.268/LILS/5(Rev.1), paragraphs 99-101). The Committee also wishes to bring the Government’s attention to the ILO’s newly adopted code of practice in this area, Safety and health in ports, Geneva, 2005. This code of practice is available, inter alia, through the ILO’s web site by the following link, http://www.ilo.org/public/
english/protection/safework/cops/english/index.htm. The Government is requested to keep the Committee informed of any developments in this respect.