Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Unemployment Convention, 1919 (No. 2) - Sudan (Ratification: 1957)

1. In reply to the direct request of 1998, the Government states in its report received in November 2004 that, pursuant to section 9(1) of the Labour Code of 1997 which allows for the creation of private non-fee-charging employment agencies, private agencies in Sudan mainly recruit foreign workers and place Sudanese workers abroad. The Committee requests the Government to indicate how the representatives of employers and workers are consulted on the working of public employment agencies, in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention.

2. More generally, the Committee points out that, being vulnerable to abuse, migrant workers need effective protection. For this purpose the non-binding multilateral framework for migrant workers in a global economy was designed in agreement with the tripartite constituents to help member States make their labour migration policies more effective. It provides for the licensing and supervision of recruitment and contracting agencies for migrant workers, with the provision of clear and enforceable contracts by those agencies (Provisional Record No. 22, pages 60-61, ILC, 92nd Session, Geneva, 2004). The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the working of these private employment agencies and their activities abroad in particular.

3. Lastly, the Committee requests the Government to refer to the comments it has made this year on the application of Convention No. 122, and would welcome information on the measures taken to coordinate the activities of public and private agencies nationwide (Article 2, paragraph 2, of Convention No. 2).