Observation on submission to competent authorities (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Somalia

Submission. The Committee notes with interest the ratification on 8 March 2021 by Somalia of seven Conventions: the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97), the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143), the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144), the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190). The Committee nevertheless notes that the Government has not provided a reply to its previous observations. It recalls once more that the constitutional obligation of submission is of the highest importance and is a fundamental element of the standards system of the ILO. The Committee once again expresses the firm hope, as did the Conference Committee in June 2016, June 2017, June 2018, June 2019 and June 2021, that the Government will comply with its obligation to submit Conventions, Recommendations and Protocols to the competent authority. The Committee therefore firmly urges the Government to take steps without delay to submit the 51 instruments adopted by the Conference between 1989 and 2019 to the competent national authority and to provide the information required under article 19 of the ILO Constitution to the International Labour Office.

The Committee once again recalls that the Government may avail itself of the technical assistance of the Office, if it so wishes, to assist it in achieving compliance with its obligations under article 19 of the Constitution with respect to the submission to the competent authorities of the instruments adopted by the Conference.