Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

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

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s report in reply to its 2011 direct request. The Government indicates that several tripartite meetings have been held, including on 20 May 2011 on youth employment, on 2 April 2012 on the establishment of the National Council for Social Dialogue and Trade Union Representativity, and a meeting on the method of appointing the tripartite members of the Economic and Social Council. It adds that the tripartite consultations set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention have been held on the submission to Parliament of the instruments adopted by the Conference in June 2011 and the reports due in 2012 by the Government on the application of Conventions. In its previous comments on the submission to Parliament, the Committee invited the Government to report on Parliament’s decision regarding the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142), the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176), the Home Work Convention, 1996 (No. 177), the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 (No. 179), the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), the Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 (No. 184), and the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185). The Committee invites the Government to provide updated information in its next report on the tripartite consultations held on all matters related to international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention and to indicate the nature of any reports or recommendations issued. Please also provide indications on tripartite consultations regarding the prospects of ratification of unratified ILO Conventions (Article 5(1)(c) of the Convention).