Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Sudan (Ratification: 1970)

Parts I and II of the Convention. Improvement of standards of living. In reply to the previous comments, the Government indicates in a report received in November 2013 that it aims to prepare a National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for the country. The Central Bureau of Statistics carried out a National Baseline Household Survey in 2009 which provided information on many welfare-related aspects. The Government also indicates that the Zakat Chamber (Diwan El Zakat) supports poor families through production means so as to provide them with a decent income. The Committee understands that a Labour Force Survey (LFS) was conducted in 2012 with the assistance of the ILO. The Committee refers to its comments on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and invites the Government to indicate in its next report on the Convention how the implementation of the poverty reduction strategy has enabled the pursuit of the objectives of the Convention, which provides, in Article 1, that “all policies shall be primarily directed to the well-being and development of the population”. It also requests the Government to include statistics on the improvement of standards of living, in particular with regard to housing, clothing, medical care and education (Article 5 of the Convention).

Part IV. Remuneration of workers. Advances on wages. The Government states that the new Labour Code has not yet been adopted by Parliament. The Committee reiterates its hope that the Government will take the necessary steps to bring the new provisions of the Labour Code into conformity with the provisions of Article 12. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee once again requests the Government to indicate any progress made through collective agreements, court decisions or administrative decisions to give full effect to Article 12(2) and (3).