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Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32) - Uruguay (RATIFICATION: 1933)

Article 18 of the Convention. Mutual recognition of the arrangements made in their respective countries for testing, examining and annealing and of certificates and records relating thereto. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide information on the status of its cooperation agreement with Paraguay, which was then at its initial stages. Given that this information is lacking, the Committee requests the Government to provide general information on the reciprocal arrangements established with other member States, in accordance with this Article of the Convention.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152), and the ILO code of practice were being used to prepare an occupational safety and health manual for ports and a decree to regulate working conditions in ports. The Committee welcomes the adoption, in 2018, of Decree No. 394/018 regulating activities deemed to be dock work, and requests the Government to provide information on all progress made on the occupational safety and health manual for ports.

More generally, the Committee requests the Government to provide an overview of the application of the Convention in practice, including, for example, extracts from inspectors’ reports, information on the number and nature of violations reported and the resulting action taken and the number and nature of occupational accidents and diseases reported..

Prospects for ratification of the most up-to-date Convention. Noting the latest positive measures taken by the Government to protect dock workers from accidents, the Committee encourages the Government to follow up the decision adopted by the Governing Body at its 328th Session (October–November 2016), approving the recommendations of the Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group, and to consider the possibility of ratifying Convention No. 152, which is the most up-to-date instrument in this field.