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

Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (No. 113) - Cuba (Ratification: 1971)

The Committee notes the general information provided in the Government’s report concerning Act No. 49 of 28 December 1984, issuing the Labour Code, Act No. 13 of 28 December 1977, on protection and hygiene at work and its implementing Decree No. 101 of 3 March 1982, and Act No. 41 of 13 July 1983, on public health. The Committee asks the Government to specify the legislative or regulatory provisions that give effect to Articles 2 (issuing of a medical certificate), 3 (determination of the nature of the medical examination and the content of the medical certificate), 4 (validity of the medical certificate issued to fishers under 21 years of age), and 5 (possibility of further examination in the event of refusal) of the Convention.

Moreover, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, in accordance with Part V of the report form, including, for instance, details of the number of professional fishers covered by the Convention and statistics, if available, on the number of medical examinations carried out and medical certificates issued each year. The Committee would also like to receive extracts from inspection service reports containing information on the number and nature of the contraventions reported and the penalties imposed.