Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Dominican Republic (Ratification: 1956)

The Committee notes the detailed information, including statistics, supplied by the Government in its report and requests clarification on the following point.

Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Committee notes that section 5 of Act No. 87-01 of 2001 establishing the social security system, provides that nationals and persons legally residing in the country are affiliated to the social security system under the same conditions. Inasmuch as the Convention guarantees nationals of the States parties to the present Convention and their dependants the same treatment as nationals of the country without any conditions as to residence, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the way in which it ensures that foreigners working on the territory of the Dominican Republic without being resident there receive the same treatment as nationals of the country in cases of industrial accidents. Please indicate, if applicable, any social security agreement which has already been concluded or is envisaged with States parties to the present Convention, particularly Haiti, which aims to facilitate the application of the present Convention to persons injured in industrial accidents.