Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

The Committee takes note of the Government's report.

In its previous comments the Committee commented on sections 1091 and 1094 of the Maritime Code, which can result in sentences of imprisonment involving compulsory work in cases of desertion or in certain cases of insubordination, which would not be in conformity with Article 1(c) of the Convention. The Committee had already noted the Government's statement to the effect that these provisions were not applied in practice. The Committee also notes that, according to the Government's report, these provisions needed to be seen in the light of the need to protect the physical integrity and lives of persons on board ships. In order to ensure full conformity with the Convention, the Committee invites the Government to amend the provisions in question at the next revision of the Maritime Code or, as it had previously envisaged, to repeal the penalties, given that they are no longer applied.