Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946 (No. 71) - Lebanon (Ratification: 1993)

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Articles 2 to 4 of the Convention. Pension scheme for seafarers. The Committee notes the Government's information that the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has prepared a bill for submission to Parliament, amending section 9 of the Social Security Act to make it compulsory for seafarers to be entitled to a retirement pension. In addition, the Committee notes the information that Parliament is currently considering a bill establishing a pension scheme in line with international social security standards to replace the end-of-service allowance scheme. The Committee takes due note of the information concerning the replacement of the end-of-service -allowance scheme. However, the Committee notes with concern that, over the past 20 years, the Government has provided similar information in respect of the adoption of regulations to establish a compulsory pension scheme for seafarers but has not indicated any follow-up measures to ensure their adoption and that, to date, seafarers are still not entitled to a retirement pension. In this context, the Committee urges the Government to take the necessary measures to give effect to the provisions of the Convention and requests the Government to provide full details of steps taken or envisaged in this regard, in particular the finalization and adoption of national regulations to establish a compulsory pension scheme for seafarers.

[The Government is asked to reply in full to the present comment s in 2026.]