Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

The Committee notes with regret that no report has been received from the Government. It must, therefore, repeat its previous observation on the following points:

Further to its previous comments the Committee has noted the discussion which took place in the Conference Committee in 1992. The Committee has noted the Government's statement in its report received in 1992 that ministerial consultations aimed at amending a number of provisions contained in the Penal Code, the Newspapers Act, the Merchant Shipping Act and the Industrial Court Act are continuing, bearing in mind the political situation, following the adoption of the ninth constitutional amendment. The Constitution, as amended, allows for multi-party politics; and the Political Parties Act 1992 provides specifically for formation and registration of political parties. The Committee hopes that the draft legislation under consideration will provide for the repeal of all provisions which are incompatible with the Convention and that the Government will indicate the action taken in this regard. The Committee also hopes that the Government will provide information on the amendment or repeal of the provisions of different enactments to which it refers in its comments under Convention No. 29 and which are in contradiction with Article 1(b) of Convention No. 105.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.