Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1993, publiée 80ème session CIT (1993)

Convention (n° 111) concernant la discrimination (emploi et profession), 1958 - République centrafricaine (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes with interest that a new Constitution was adopted in November 1986, the preamble of which provides that men and women are equal before the law and that any discrimination on ground such as wealth, race and religion is forbidden. The Committee also notes that the Constitution establishes free access to education and equal rights for all citizens to apply for offices, positions and jobs.

2. The Committee notes, however, that among the grounds on which it is forbidden to discriminate, the Constitution does not mention a number of the other grounds referred to by Article 1(a) of the Convention, i.e. political opinion, national extraction, social origin and colour. The Committee therefore asks the Government - as it did in its previous comments - to indicate both the legislative and practical measures that have been taken to implement a national policy preventing discrimination on all the grounds listed in the Convention and to ensure effective promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment irrespective of sex, race, colour, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin, particularly with regard to: (a) access to vocational training; (b) access to employment and the various occupations; and (c) conditions of employment. The Committee would like to receive, in particular, detailed information on the results obtained in these areas, such as statistical data by sex, religion, ethnic extraction, etc., covering school attendance, attendance at training courses (particularly those coming under the activities of the National Inter-occupational Organization for Training and Advanced Training), access to the various occupations under the control of the National Office of Manpower, and on the results of the inspections carried out by the inspection services, to which the Government referred in its last report.

3. As regards women in particular, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the number of women holding jobs in the private and public sectors (including women holding high-level posts in the public administration) and on the proportion of women to men.

4. The Committee also hopes that the Government will be able to communicate: (a) a copy of some of the specific conditions of employment provided for in section 57 of Ordinance No. 80/064 of 1980 governing the employment conditions of the various categories of staff in the central administration; and (b) the text of the Decrees issued under sections 16, 28 and 29 of Ordinance No. 80/064 concerning the classification of officials by categories and the procedures for their promotion.

5. With regard to the exercise of employment of persons who are legitimately suspected of activities prejudicial to the security of the State, the Government indicates that such persons are subject to administrative measures (prosecution, expulsion in the case of foreigners, house arrest in the case of nationals), but that they can appeal against such measures. The Committee again requests the Government to provide a copy of the legal provisions under which these measures are issued and, where applicable, a copy of any court rulings concerning such persons.