Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 1996, Publicación: 85ª reunión CIT (1997)

The Committee notes that the Government's report received in 1995 gives no further reply to previous comments. It must therefore repeat its previous observation on the following points:

In the comments that it has been making since 1974, the Committee has noted the Government's intention to bring its legislation into conformity with the Convention. It also notes that the Government, in the third quarter of 1990, requested and received an opinion from the Office relating to a draft amendment to the Labour Code with regard to Articles 2 and 4 of the Convention. The Committee notes, according to the Government's report, that no provision has yet been adopted in this respect. It hopes that the Government will rapidly be in a position to supply information on the measures that have been taken in order to determine: (a) in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention, that a minimum age of 18 years shall be set for admission to employment or to underground work in mines, including employment and underground work in quarries; (b) in accordance with Article 4, paragraphs 4 and 5, that the employer shall keep, and make available to inspectors, records in respect of persons who are employed or work underground and who are less than 2 years older than the minimum age specified by the Government, namely persons less than 20 years of age in the case of Rwanda, and that these records shall indicate the date of birth of these persons and the date on which they were employed or worked underground in the undertaking for the first time; (c) in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 1, that appropriate penalties shall be provided for in order to ensure the effective enforcement of the minimum age that has been fixed.

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