Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 1994, Publicación: 81ª reunión CIT (1994)

Convenio sobre la readaptación profesional y el empleo (personas inválidas), 1983 (núm. 159) - Túnez (Ratificación : 1989)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in answer to its previous comments, particularly concerning the operation of the regional committees for the disabled and the activities of the Institute for the Advancement of the Disabled. It also notes from the Government's report that an inter-departmental committee has been established within the Ministry of Social Affairs, made up of representatives from other ministries and from associations of disabled persons. The Government indicates that the above Committee is responsible, in particular, for evaluating programmes for the training and occupational integration of the disabled and for proposing the broad lines of a national policy for the occupational integration of the disabled.

Article 1, paragraph 4, of the Convention. The Committee noted in its previous direct request that section 5 of Act No. 81-46 of 29 May 1981 respecting the advancement and protection of disabled persons, amended by Act No. 89-52 of 14 March 1989, provided that any measures taken for the protection of disabled persons in the context of this Act were extended to foreign disabled persons residing in Tunisia subject to reciprocity with their country or origin. In its latest report, the Government states that this provision excludes only nationals from countries which treat Tunisians differently from their own nationals. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee must recall that under this provision of the Convention the legislation must apply to all categories of disabled persons, without any condition of reciprocity, including on the basis of nationality. The Committee once again expresses the hope that the Government will not fail to take the necessary steps to bring the national legislation into full conformity with the Convention on this point.

Part V of the report form. Please continue to provide general information on how the Convention is applied, including statistics, extracts of reports, studies or surveys on the subjects covered by the Convention. Please provide, for example, a copy or relevant extracts of the report to be submitted by the Central Council for the Disabled under Decree No. 88-2051 of 22 December 1988 on the evaluation of the situation of disabled persons and its proposals for the policy on the subject. The Committee would also appreciate information on the evaluations conducted by the inter-departmental committee mentioned above, and on the respective attributions of the Central Council for the Disabled and the above Committee.