Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Burundi (Ratification: 1963)

In its previous comments, the Committee referred to section 231 of the Labour Code which provides that restrictions enforceable by sentences of penal servitude (sections 313 and 320 of the Labour Code) may be imposed on the right to strike in order to ensure the functioning of vital sectors of the economy. Orders have been issued under the above provisions in sectors such as hospitals and other medical services (Ordinance No. 222/344 of 8 December 1960), production and water distribution enterprises (Ordinance No. 222/308 of 2 November 1960).

The Committee requested the Government to provide information on any other provisions issued under section 231 of the Labour Code and to provide details of the legal definition of the term "vital sectors of the economy" used in the above section 231.

The Committee hopes that the work of legislative harmonization which is currently under way will make it possible to undertake the revision of the Labour Code, which the Government referred to previously, and that provisions will be adopted which will bring the legislation into full conformity with the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on the progress achieved in revising the Labour Code and to supply the revised text once it has been adopted.