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

Medical Examination of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946 (No. 78) - Tajikistan (Ratification: 1993)

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Articles 1(1) and 7(2) of the Convention. Scope of application and medical examination for fitness for children engaged either on their own account or on account of their parents. The Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that medical examinations of children and young persons are conducted by the medical advisory commission of the medical institution at the place of their residence. The Government also refers to the Government’s Decree of 30 April 2021, No. 174, which has established the procedure for mandatory medical examinations of persons to assess their fitness for employment, including those who are engaged in the food industry, public catering, trade, and other sectors providing direct services to the population. The Committee requests the Government to confirm that medical examinations to assess fitness for employment conducted under the Government’s Decree of 30 April 2021, No. 174, apply to children and young persons who are employed on their own account or that of their parents in itinerant trading or in any other occupation carried out in streets or in places to which the public have access.
With regard to Articles 5, 6(1) and (3), and 7(1) of the Convention, the Committee refers to its detailed comments under the Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1946 (No. 77).
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