Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925 (No. 18) - Armenia (Ratification: 2005)

Recognition of the occupational origin of the diseases listed by the Convention. The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s report as regards the procedure for registering and investigating cases of occupational diseases. It observes, however, that the report does not respond to its previous comments requesting the Government to specify the manner in which the national legislation regulates the burden of proving the occupational origin of the diseases listed in the national schedule of occupational diseases established by the governmental decision No. 458 of 23 March 2006. In particular, the Committee asks the Government to indicate whether the victims of poisoning by lead, mercury or anthrax infection occupied in the industries and processes listed by the Schedule annexed to the Convention benefit from the presumption that their disease is of occupational origin, indicating the legal provisions relevant in this respect.