Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2021, publiée 110ème session CIT (2022)

Convention (n° 78) sur l'examen médical des adolescents (travaux non industriels), 1946 - Azerbaïdjan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and requests it to refer to its comments on the Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1946 (No. 77). The Committee requests the Government to supply further information on the following point.

Article 7(2)(a) of the Convention. Ensuring the application of the system of medical examination for fitness for employment of children engaged either on their own account or on account of their parents. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to indicate the measures adopted or envisaged, to ensure that the system of medical examination for fitness for employment is applied to children and young persons engaged on their own account or on account of their parents in itinerant trading or in any other occupation carried out in the streets or in places to which the public have access. The Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that, pursuant to section 4 of the Order No. 36 of 2010 on Practical Guidelines for Organizing Adolescent Health Care, all adolescents between 14 and 17 years old shall undergo the medical examination once a year. According to section 9 of Order No. 36 of 2010, a medical certificate on the results of the medical examination is presented by an adolescent at the place of study or work. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether a medical certificate on the results of the medical examination is issued to adolescents engaged either on their own account or on account of their parents.