Observation on submission to competent authorities (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Zambia

Serious failure to submit. Date of submission. Consultation. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government to the Conference in June 2023, indicating that it has begun the process of ratification and submission of the ten instruments adopted by the Conference at its 99th, 100th, 101st, 103rd, 104th, 106th and 108th Sessions. The Government reports that the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), the Violence and Harassment Convention (No. 190) and its Recommendation (No. 206), 2019, were reviewed by the Tripartite Consultative Labour Council (TCLC), which recommended their ratification. The Government adds that the HIV and AIDS Recommendation, 2010 (No. 200), the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204) and the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205) are in the process of being submitted to Cabinet for information. The Government does not provide information regarding the submission of the Forced Labour (Supplementary Measures) Recommendation, 2014 (No. 203) or the Domestic Workers Recommendation, 2011 (No. 201). The Committee further notes that the Government has yet again provided no reply to its previous comments with respect to the information provided by the Government in September 2010, indicating that 12 instruments adopted by the Conference from 1996 to 2007 had been submitted to the National Assembly, but without specifying the date of submission. In addition, the Government has provided no information in response to the Committee’s previous request for information concerning any action taken by the National Assembly with regard to the 12 instruments referenced, nor has it provided information regarding prior tripartite consultations. The Committee 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 more reiterates its request that the Government indicate the dates on which the 12 instruments adopted by the Conference from 1996 to 2007 were submitted to the National Assembly. The Committee also once again reiterates its previous request that the Government provide information on any action taken by the National Assembly in relation to these submissions, as well as with respect to the prior tripartite consultations that took place with the social partners. In addition, the reiterates its request that the Government provide information on the submission to the National Assembly of the ten instruments (Conventions, Recommendations and the Protocol) adopted by the Conference at its 99th, 100th, 101st, 103rd, 104th, 106th and 108th Sessions (2010–19). The Committee expresses the hope that the Government will provide the information requested without further delay.

The Committee once again recalls that the Government may request 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.