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

Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118) - Central African Republic (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the efforts made to bring the legislation and regulations into compliance with the following provisions of the Convention.

Article 4 of the Convention (branch (g)) (Employment injury benefit). The legislation or regulations in force should be supplemented by a provision explicitly guaranteeing that, when the victim of an employment injury is a national of a State which has accepted the obligations of the Convention concerning employment injury benefit, dependants who are proved to be actually dependent at the time of the beneficiary’s death, even if they were resident abroad at the time of the beneficiary’s death and continue to reside abroad, shall be entitled to survivors’ benefits.

Article 5 (branch (e)) (Old-age benefit). The national legislation should be supplemented by a provision to ensure the provision of old-age benefit in the case of residence abroad, both to nationals of the Central African Republic and to nationals of any other member State which has accepted the obligations of the Convention for branch (e).

Article 6 (Family benefit), National laws and regulations should explicitly guarantee, both for nationals of the Central African Republic and for those of any other Member which has accepted the obligations of the Convention for branch (i) concerning family benefit, the provision of family benefit for children residing on the territory of such other Member, under conditions and within limits to be agreed upon by the Members concerned.

Articles 7 and 8. Multilateral or bilateral social security agreements. The Committee notes the Government’s indication in relation to the conclusion of agreements with other States parties to the Convention for the purpose of the maintenance of social security rights and requests the Government to indicate any progress achieved with a view to guaranteeing, through the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral social security agreements with other States concerned which have ratified the Convention, the maintenance of acquired rights and rights in course of acquisition, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of the Convention.