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

1. The Committee refers to its observation, and, in the absence of any recent information in Government reports on the application of the Convention to grounds other than religion, political opinion, social origin and sex, asks the Government to provide details, in its next report, on the manner in which it applies the principle of the Convention without discrimination on the basis of national extraction, race and colour.

2. In this connection, the Committee notes that certain of the UN documents mentioned in the observation raise queries about discriminatory treatment against the Kurdish and the Arab minorities. Having already noted the equality provisions of the 1991 Labour Code in the observation, the Committee would appreciate receiving from the Government information on the employment situation in practice of persons of these extractions, in particular their:

(a) access to vocational training;

(b) access to employment and particular occupations;

(c) terms and conditions of employment, and, more specifically, the measures taken to promote equality of opportunity and treatment:

(i) in employment, vocational training and occupational guidance under the direction of the Government;

(ii) by means of legislation and education programmes;

(iii) with the cooperation of workers' and employers' organizations and other appropriate bodies.

3. The Committee refers to its 1993 observation where it noted the role of the Supreme Council of Labour in dealing with cases of discrimination in employment. It repeats its request for details of any such cases brought before this Council, including copies of decisions or extracts in a working language of the ILO.