Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Liberia (Ratification: 1959)

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:

The Committee notes the Government’s statement to the effect that there is no legislative text or regulation in Liberia which is contrary to the principle of non-discrimination in employment and occupation set out in the Convention. It also notes the Decree of 1982, issued by the Armed Forces Redemption Council of the Republic of Liberia, implementing the ILO’s Conventions, including this Convention. However, the Committee draws the Government’s attention to the fact that it is not sufficient to promote equality in the Constitution, since action is also needed to ensure equality in practice. Indeed, experience shows that the implementation of the Convention also requires the adoption of affirmative measures to remove and correct de facto inequalities in order to allow the members of groups which are subject to discrimination to participate in working life in all sectors and occupations and at all levels of responsibility. For this reason, the Committee once again requests information on any administrative, legislative or other measures which are explicitly designed to eliminate discrimination based on any of the seven grounds prohibited by the Convention (race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin) and to promote equality of opportunity and treatment in respect of employment and occupation. To facilitate its task, the Committee invites the Government to refer to Chapter IV (Implementation of principles) of its 1988 General Survey on equality in employment and occupation.