Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ratification: 2000)

Impact of compulsory prison labour on the application of the Convention and communication of texts. Brčko District. The Committee previously requested the Government to indicate whether work in prisons is voluntary in the Brčko District. It also requested the Government to provide a copy of its Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions of the Brčko District, as well as copies of its legislation governing political parties, the press and other media, assemblies, meetings and demonstrations.

The Committee notes the Government’s information in its report that, in the Brčko District, there is no legal basis for the use of any form of forced or compulsory labour as a means of political coercion or education or a punishment for holding or expressing political views or views ideologically opposed to the established political, social or economic system, as a means of labour discipline, or as a punishment for having participated in strikes. The Government also indicates that there are no cases of forced or mandatory work activities used as a method of mobilizing or using labour for purposes of economic development. Moreover, there are no special provisions or measures in relation to existing racial, social, national or religious groups that may possibly lead to the forced or compulsory labour of members of such groups. While taking due note of the information provided by the Government, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide a copy of the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions of the Brčko District, as well as copies of the legislation governing political parties, the press and other media, assemblies, meetings and demonstrations in the Brčko District, in order to enable the Committee to assess their conformity with the Convention.