Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Grenada (Ratification: 1979)

The Committee notes with regret 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:

Article 1(c) and (d). In its previous comments the Committee referred to sections 221 to 224 and 225(1)(b), (c) and (e) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, under which certain breaches of labour discipline by seamen not endangering the ship or the life or health of persons may be punished with imprisonment, involving an obligation to perform labour, and deserting seamen may be forcibly returned to their ship.

The Committee noted from the Government's report for the period ending 30 June 1987 that a Draft Shipping Act which deals with Grenadian ships and vessels has since been tabled in Parliament and an early passage is expected.

The Committee hopes that in this connection, the necessary measures will be taken to amend or repeal the provisions of the 1894 legislation which are incompatible with the Convention, and that the Government will be able to send with its next report a copy of the legislation adopted to this effect.