Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 (No. 134) - Guinea (Ratification: 1977)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation, which read as follows:

Repetition

Article 2 of the Convention. Prevention of occupational accidents. For many years, the Committee has been asking the Government to indicate the specific instruments that govern the prevention of occupational accidents of seafarers. The Government has so far indicated that appropriate regulatory texts were in preparation and would be reviewed with the technical assistance of the ILO to ensure their compliance with the provisions of the Convention. In its last report, the Government refers only to the provisions of the Labour Code and Merchant Shipping Code, noting that they provide for the adoption of regulations on occupational safety and health. The Government further indicates that the authorities responsible for framing and supervising maritime regulations were also to draft a whole series of texts in this area. The Committee emphasizes that Guinea ratified this Convention more than 30 years ago. It also points out that the provisions of the national legislation are general in nature and do not always ensure that full effect is given to the requirements of the Convention. Consequently, the Committee once again asks the Government to adopt legislative texts giving full effect to the Convention and requests it to provide copies of them as soon as these texts have been enacted.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the near future.