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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Gabon (Ratification: 1988)

1. Articles 2 and 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Government indicates in its report received in August 2007 that the three tripartite bodies established by section 250 of the Labour Code, including the Labour Advisory Committee, are still not operational. The Committee notes the agreement of 27 March 2007 on trade union representation, attached to the Government’s report, which determines the four most representative workers’ confederations. The Government indicates that effective tripartite consultations took place concerning the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the draft revision of the Labour Code and the reports on the ILO Conventions ratified by Gabon. The Committee trusts that, as indicated by the Government in its report, the tripartite bodies, particularly the Labour Advisory Committee, will become operational in the near future in order to ensure effective tripartite consultation procedures. The Committee also requests the Government to supply details of the tripartite consultations held, during the period covered by the report, on each of the matters relating to international labour standards covered by Article 5, paragraph 1.

2. Article 6. Working of the consultative procedures. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee trusts that consultations with the representative organizations on the working of the procedures covered by the Convention will take place in the near future and that the Government will be in a position to supply information on this matter in its next report.