Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) - Cameroon (Ratification: 1989)

Articles 6(3), 9 and 12 to 22 of the Convention. Application of the Convention in law and in practice. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the absence of information on specific legal or practical measures aimed at the prevention and control of health hazards related to asbestos and at giving effect to a certain number of Articles of the Convention, that is, Articles 6(3), 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22. The Committee urges the Government to take steps to adopt specific laws and regulations expressly aimed at the prevention and control of, and protection of workers against, health hazards due to occupational exposure to asbestos. It requests the Government to provide information on the steps taken in this connection, in particular with respect to the application of Articles 6(3) (preparation of procedures for dealing with emergency situations), 9 (adequate work practices, special rules and procedures), 12 (spraying of asbestos), 13 (notifying the competent authority of certain types of work involving exposure to asbestos), 14 (responsibility of producers and suppliers of asbestos and of makers and suppliers of products containing asbestos), 15 (limits for the exposure of workers to asbestos), 16 (practical measures for the prevention and control of the exposure of workers to asbestos), 17 (demolition work), 18 (special protective clothing, personal protective equipment and washing facilities), 19 (responsibility of the employer for the disposal of waste containing asbestos), 20 (workplace monitoring), 21 (monitoring of workers’ health) and 22 (measures for education and training).

[The Government is asked to reply in full to the present comments in 2025.]