Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

1. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information received from the Government in August 2000 and February 2001. It notes that the provisions of section 24(1) of the Industrial Relations Act, 2000, which received Royal Assent on 6 June 2000, reproduce the terms of Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. It also recalls that in its comments on the application of Convention No. 87, which were discussed as well by the 2001 Conference Committee, the Conference Committee urged the Government to pursue its commitment to full and meaningful social dialogue. In this sense, the Committee would appreciate it if the Government would provide more precise information on the consultations held at the Labour Advisory Board (LAB) on each of the matters set out in Article 5, paragraph 1. Please include information on the nature of the recommendations made by the LAB as a result of the consultations on the matters set out in paragraph 1, subparagraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d).

2. Article 5, paragraph 1(e). The Committee notes with interest that the LAB has proposed Conventions Nos. 138 and 182 for ratification. The Government also indicates in its report that of the 31 Conventions which the country has ratified, no need has occurred to denounce any. The Committee recalls that the ILO Governing Body has invited States parties to the Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936 (No. 50), of the Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 64), of the Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 65) and of the Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1955 (No. 104) - all of which Swaziland has ratified ­- to contemplate ratifying the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), and denouncing Conventions Nos. 50, 64, 65 and 104 at the same time. States parties to the Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) were invited to contemplate ratifying the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176).

3. The Committee trusts that the Government will continue to provide any available information on the consultations held by the LAB on the matters covered by the Convention, including indications on any consultations on the working of the procedures provided for in the Convention (Article 6) and a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in the country (Part V of the report form).