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

Dominica

Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22) (Ratification: 1983)
Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108) (Ratification: 1983)

Noting with regret that the Government has not submitted a report on the application of these Conventions, the Committee recalls that, in the context of the Standards Review Mechanism, in accordance with the recommendation of the Special Tripartite Committee established under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006), the ILO Governing Body classified Conventions Nos 22 and 108 as “outdated”. At its 343rd Session (November 2021), the Governing Body placed an item concerning the abrogation of Convention No. 22 on the agenda of the 118th Session (2030) of the International Labour Conference. In this context, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on any developments regarding the eventual ratification of the MLC, 2006, and of the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003, as amended (No. 185), and reminds it of the possibility to avail itself of the technical assistance of the Office.

[The Government is asked to reply in full to the present comments in 2024.]