Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Paraguay (Ratification: 1969)

The Committee notes 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:

Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that it does not have information available concerning the application of these Articles of the Convention. The Committee recalls that it noted the Government’s indication that, with the completion of the work on the Itaipú project, thousands of workers were going to be without employment, while over 3,000 workers would continue working on the Yacyretá project. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on migratory movements in the country, as well as on the measures adopted as a result to give effect to these Articles of the Convention. The Committee urges the Government to take the necessary measures to compile the required information concerning the workers on the Itaipú project who were left without work and on the current situation of the workers on the Yacyretá project. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to provide information in its next report on the measures adopted to give effect to these Articles of the Convention with regard to the protection due to migrant workers.

Article 15(1). The Committee notes the brief information provided by the Government in relation to its previous request. The Committee urges the Government to provide with its next report all available information on the measures taken for the progressive development of education, vocational training and apprenticeship with a view to the effective preparation of young persons of both sexes for a useful occupation.

Part V of the report form. The Committee urges the Government to provide information enabling it to assess the manner in which the Convention is applied, and particularly statistics of indices showing an improvement in the living standards of the population, including data, among others, on the distribution of land, statistics on migratory movements, fluctuations in the rates of minimum wages and wages in general, reports or extracts of reports on the measures adopted for indigenous populations, including the Enxet-lengua, Enxet-Sana-pana and Enxet-Angaite, and statistics on the literacy rate of the population and the school attendance rate of children.