Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Argentina (Ratification: 1968)

1. The Committee notes with interest that Decree No. 1086 of 7 September 2005, published as a supplement in the first section of Official Bulletin No. 30747 of 27 September 2005, approved the document entitled “Towards a National Anti-Discrimination Plan – Discrimination in Argentina. Analysis and Proposals”. According to section 1 of the Decree, this document lays down the strategic outline of the National Anti-Discrimination Plan. The Committee also notes that section 2 entrusts the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI) with the task of coordinating the implementation of the proposals set forth in the document. The Committee notes that the document in question contains an analysis of discrimination based on the criteria in the Convention.

2. The Committee requests the Government to ensure, when preparing the definitive version of the National Anti-Discrimination Plan, that it includes policies on equal opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation, with a view to eliminating any discrimination in this regard. The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would provide information on how employers’ and workers’ organizations have cooperated in the preparation and implementation of these policies, in particular through the Tripartite Commission on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity between Men and Women in the World of Work (CTIO), formally established on 15 March 2005. The Committee also asks the Government to inform it of the progress made in respect of the adoption of the National Anti-Discrimination Plan.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.