Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Dominica (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee notes the Government’s report.

Article 1(a) of the Convention.  In its earlier comments, the Committee referred to sections 4, 7 and 8 of the Sedition and Undesirable Publications Ordinance, under which various offences related to seditious words or publications and prohibited publications are punishable by imprisonment involving compulsory labour. The Committee previously noted the Government’s indications in its reports that there had been no cases of practical application of the abovementioned sections. It requests the Government to supply, in its future reports, information on any cases of practical application of these provisions, including copies of relevant court decisions.