Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Lesotho (Ratification: 2001)

The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government in its first report on the application of the Convention. It would be grateful if the Government would supply, with its next report, copies of the legislation in force in the following fields: updated and consolidated texts of the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act; the laws governing the press and other media; the laws governing public assemblies, meetings and demonstrations; the law governing political parties; regulations governing conditions of employment for public officers, as set out by the Minister in accordance with section 14(1) of the Public Service Act, 2005; the Disciplinary Code for public officers, to which reference is made in section 15(1)(a)(iii) of the Public Service Act, 2005; and any provisions punishing participants in strikes declared unlawful under section 229(3) of the Labour Code, as amended by the Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2000.