Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) - Gibraltar

The Committee notes the Government’s indication, in reply to its previous request, that neither Convention No. 45 nor the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176), has any application in Gibraltar. The Committee recalls that the ILO Governing Body (at its 334th Session, October–November 2018), on the recommendation of the Standards Review Mechanism (SRM) Tripartite Working Group, classified Convention No. 45 as an outdated instrument, and has placed an item on the agenda of the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (2024) concerning its abrogation. The Governing Body also requested the Office to follow up with the member States currently bound by Convention No. 45 to encourage the ratification of up-to-date instruments concerning OSH, including but not limited to the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176), and to undertake a campaign to promote the ratification of Convention No. 176.

The Committee therefore encourages the Government to follow up the Governing Body’s decision at its 334th Session (October–November 2018) approving the recommendations of the SRM Tripartite Working Group and to consider taking the necessary steps towards extending the application of up-to-date OSH instruments to Gibraltar.