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Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Sudan (RATIFICATION: 1970)

Article 8 of the Convention. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government concerning several agreements which Sudan has concluded with foreign countries so as to ensure that Sudanese workers enjoy protection and advantages not less than those enjoyed by national workers in the country where they work and to facilitate the remittance of the income, including a copy of the agreement concerning social security concluded with the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide information on such agreements.

Article 12, paragraphs 1 and 2. The Committee notes the Government's indication that problems do not arise concerning the granting of advances and their maximum amount is linked to the maximum provided for in the collective agreements. The Committee notes that, while the Labour Relations Act of 1981 provides for the modality of reimbursement, it does not set a maximum amount of advances which may be made to workers by the employer, as required by these paragraphs. The Committee points out that by ratifying this Convention, the State accepted, among other obligations, the one under this Article that such amounts should be regulated by the competent authority. It therefore requests the Government to indicate the measures that have been taken or are contemplated in this respect.

Article 12, paragraph 3. The Committee hopes that when the Government fixes the maximum amount of advances, it will also take measures to ensure that any advance in excess of the prescribed amount shall be legally irrecoverable.

Article 15, paragraph 2. The Committee notes the Government's reference to the special laws governing the categories of workers who are excluded from the minimum age for employment. It also notes that work is currently under way to revise and consolidate all the laws related to the protection and care of children. The Committee requests the Government to provide copies of any such laws.