Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Article 2 of the Convention. Parts I and II of the Convention. Improvement of standards of living. The Committee notes the Government’s detailed report received in July 2008 including full information in response to the direct request of 2005. The Committee notes the rulings handed down by the Constitutional Court with regard to the appeals to declare Organic Law No. 8/2000 of 22 December 2000, amending Organic Law No. 4/2000 of 11 January 2000, on the rights and freedoms of foreigners in Spain and their social integration as unconstitutional. The Committee refers to its other comments in relation to the situation of migrant workers and policies for employment and human resources development, which are matters related to the scope of Convention No. 117. The Committee reiterates its interest in examining, in the next report on Convention No. 117, an up to date summary of the steps taken to ensure that the “improvement of standards of living” has been regarded as the “principal objective in the planning of economic development”.