Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Article 2, paragraph 2(c), of the Convention. Public interest work. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report according to which article 49 of the Penal Code concerning work for the benefit of the community has been amended. Under the terms of this article, work for the benefit of the community, which cannot be imposed without the consent of the convicted person, obliges him or her, without receiving any remuneration, to carry out certain activities of public utility which may take the form of jobs aimed at reparation of damages caused or that entail support or assistance to the victims. The Committee notes that work for the benefit of the community may be carried out through public interest associations (article 49, paragraph 1) and that the Administration my conclude relevant agreements to facilitate this work. The Committee observes that the performance of such work may not be subordinated to the pursuit of economic interests.

The Committee asks the Government to indicate the criteria used to identify the public interest associations for which this work can be carried out and, if it exists, to provide the list of such associations.