Part I. General Report

I. Introduction

1. The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, appointed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to examine the information and reports submitted under articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution by States Members of the International Labour Organization on the action taken with regard to Conventions and Recommendations, held its 77th Session in Geneva from 21 November to 8 December 2006. The Committee has the honour to present its report to the Governing Body.

7. This year marked the 80th anniversary of the decision to create the Committee of Experts and the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards taken by the International Labour Conference in 1926. To celebrate this anniversary a colloquium was organized by the Office under the guidance of the Committee of Experts. The colloquium was entitled "Protecting Labour Rights as Human Rights: Present and Future of International Supervision". More specifically the colloquium was articulated around four discussion themes: the institutional framework for monitoring state compliance with social and economic rights; issues and dilemmas concerning the revision of working methods and the evaluation of impact; international supervision at the time of institutional reform; and future approaches to international regulation and supervision. Two panel discussions were also organized on the effectiveness of international supervision in the field of economic and social rights and the quest for new compliance tools.

11. A spirit of mutual respect, cooperation and responsibility has consistently prevailed in the Committee's relations with the International Labour Conference and its Committee on the Application of Standards. The Committee of Experts takes the proceedings of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards into full consideration, not only in respect of general matters concerning standard-setting activities and supervisory procedures, but also in respect of specific matters concerning the way in which States fulfil their standards-related obligations. In this context, the Committee again welcomed the participation of its Chairperson as an observer in the general discussion of the Committee on the Application of Standards of the 95th Session of the International Labour Conference (May–June 2006). It noted the request by the abovementioned Committee for the Director-General to renew this invitation for the 96th Session of the Conference (May–June 2007). The Committee of Experts has accepted this invitation.

13. As was the case last year and in view of the time that had to be devoted to the celebration of its 80th anniversary, issues relating to its working methods were taken forward by the Committee in plenary sessions instead of in the Subcommittee on Working Methods. In addition to the discussion it had during the special sitting with the two Vice-Chairpersons of the Committee on the Application of Standards, the Committee had a discussion on the issue concerning observations made by employers' and workers' organizations with a view to giving guidance to the secretariat for the preparation of its work next year. the Subcommittee on Working Methods will continue to review the working methods and any pending matters during the next session of the Committee.

14. The Committee recalls that, at the instigation of the Committee on the Application of Standards at the 93rd Session of the International Labour Conference, the two committees, with the assistance of the Office, strengthened the follow-up given to cases of serious failure by member States to fulfil reporting and other standards-related obligations, so as to enable appropriate solutions to be identified, insofar as is possible, for each case. As both committees have recalled on numerous occasions, such failures to report hinder the functioning of the supervisory system, since this system is based primarily on the information provided by governments. Therefore, in cases where a report has not been submitted for a number of years, which are the most serious cases, the supervision of the application of ratified Conventions often cannot begin, is suspended or does not have the benefit of the government's views and explanations.

A. Supply of reports

19. The Committee's principal task consists of the examination of the reports supplied by governments on Conventions that have been ratified by member States and that have been declared applicable to non- metropolitan territories.

(a) a first detailed report was due after ratification;

(b) important discrepancies had previously been noted between national law or practice and the Conventions in question;

(c) reports due for the previous period had not been received or did not contain the information requested;

(d) reports were expressly requested by the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards.

The Committee also had before it a number of reports which it was unable to examine at its previous session.

22. A total of 2,586 reports were requested from governments on the application of Conventions ratified by member States (article 22 of the Constitution). At the end of the present session of the Committee, 1,719 of these reports had been received by the Office. This figure corresponds to 66.47 per cent of the reports requested, compared with 69 per cent last year.

26. Most of the governments from which reports were due on the application of ratified Conventions have supplied most or all of the reports requested (see Appendix I). However, no reports due have been received for the past two or more years from the following 14 countries: Cambodia, Congo, Denmark – Faeroe Islands, Iraq, Liberia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom – Montserrat, United Kingdom – St. Helena, Uzbekistan. In addition, all or the majority of the reports due this year have not been received from the following 40 countries: Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark – Greenland, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, France – French Guiana, France – French Southern and Antarctic Territories, France – Martinique, Gambia, Haiti, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom – Anguilla.

28. The Committee is still concerned at the number of reports being received after the prescribed time period, especially given the large number of reports received each year. The reports due on ratified Conventions should be sent to the Office between 1 June and 1 September of each year. Due consideration is given, when setting this date, to the time required to translate the reports, where necessary, to conduct research into legislation and other documents necessary for the examination of reports and legislation.

32. A total of 60 of the 179 first reports due on the application of ratified Conventions were received by the time that the Committee's session ended, compared to last year when 105 of the 200 first reports due had been received. However, a number of countries have failed to supply first reports, some of which are more than a year overdue. Thus, certain first reports on ratified Conventions have not been received for a certain number of years from the following 17 member States:

– since 1992: Liberia (Convention No. 133);

– since 1995: Armenia (Convention No. 111), Kyrgyzstan (Convention No. 133);

– since 1996: Armenia (Conventions Nos. 100, 135, 151);

– since 1998: Armenia (Convention No. 174), Equatorial Guinea (Conventions Nos. 68, 92);

– since 1999: Turkmenistan (Conventions Nos. 29, 87, 98, 100, 105, 111);

– since 2001: Armenia (Convention No. 176), Kyrgyzstan (Convention No. 105);

– since 2002: Bosnia and Herzegovina (Convention No. 105), Gambia (Conventions Nos. 29, 105, 138), Saint Kitts and Nevis (Conventions Nos. 87, 98, 100), Saint Lucia (Conventions Nos. 154, 158, 182);

– since 2003: Bosnia and Herzegovina (Convention No. 182), Dominica (Convention No. 182), Gambia (Convention No. 182), Iraq (Conventions Nos. 172, 182), Serbia (Conventions Nos. 27, 113, 114);

– since 2004: Antigua and Barbuda (Conventions Nos. 122, 131, 135, 142, 144, 150, 151, 154, 155, 158, 161, 182); Dominica (Conventions Nos. 144, 169); The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Convention No. 182); and

– since 2005: Albania (Conventions Nos. 174, 175, 176), Antigua and Barbuda (Convention No. 100), Armenia (Conventions Nos. 17, 98), Côte d'Ivoire (Convention No. 138), Kyrgyzstan (Conventions Nos. 150, 154), Liberia (Conventions Nos. 81, 144, 150, 182), Serbia (Conventions Nos. 8, 16, 22, 23, 53, 56, 69, 73, 74), The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Convention No. 105), Uganda (Convention No. 138).

34. Governments are requested to reply in their reports to the observations and direct requests made by the Committee, and the majority of governments have provided the replies requested. In accordance with the established practice, the Office has written to all the governments which failed to provide such replies, requesting them to supply the necessary information. Of the 44 governments to which such letters were sent, only 13 have provided the information requested.

(a) of all the reports requested from governments, no reply has been received; or

(b) the reports received contained no reply to most of the Committee's comments (observations and/or direct requests) and/or did not reply to the letters sent by the Office.

38. In examining the reports received on ratified Conventions and Conventions declared applicable to non- metropolitan territories, in accordance with its normal practice, the Committee assigned to each of its members the initial responsibility for a group of Conventions. Reports received early enough are sent to the members concerned in advance of the Committee's session. The members submit their preliminary conclusions on the instruments for which they are responsible to the Committee in plenary sitting for discussion and approval. Decisions on comments are adopted by consensus.

39. In many cases, the Committee has found that no comment is called for regarding the manner in which a ratified Convention has been implemented. In other cases, however, the Committee has found it necessary to draw the attention of the governments concerned to the need to take further action to give effect to certain provisions of Conventions or to supply additional information on given points. As in previous years, its comments have been drawn up in the form either of "observations" which are reproduced in the report of the Committee, or "direct requests", which are not published in the Committee's report, but are communicated directly to the governments concerned. (Note_9)

– the seriousness of the problem; in this respect, the Committee emphasizes that an important consideration is the necessity to view the problem in the context of a particular Convention and to take into account matters involving fundamental rights, workers' health, safety and well-being as well as any adverse impact, including at the international level, on workers and other categories of protected persons;

– the persistence of the problem;

– the urgency of the situation; the evaluation of such urgency is necessarily case-specific, according to standard human rights criteria, such as life-threatening situations or problems where irreversible harm is foreseeable; and

– the quality and scope of the government's response in its reports or the absence of response to the issues raised by the Committee, including cases of clear and repeated refusal on the part of a State to comply with its obligations.

45. It is customary for the Committee to note the information contained in the governments' reports allowing it to appreciate the application of the Conventions in practice, such as information relating to judicial decisions, statistics and labour inspection. The supply of this information is requested in almost all report forms, as well as the specific terms of some Conventions. 46. The Committee notes that 469 reports received this year contain information on the practical application of Conventions. Of these, 64 reports contain information on national jurisprudence. Such information has been communicated mostly concerning fundamental Conventions. The Committee also notes that 405 of the reports contain information on statistics and labour inspection. The majority of this information relates to Conventions concerning the elimination of child labour (Nos. 138 and 182), equality and opportunity of treatment (Nos. 100 and 111), labour inspection (No. 81) and employment policy (No. 122).

48. Following its examination of the reports supplied by governments, and in accordance with its standard practice, the Committee refers in its comments to cases in which it expresses its satisfaction or interest at the progress achieved in the application of the respective Conventions. Over the years, the Committee has developed a general approach, described below, concerning the identification of cases of progress. First, the Committee emphasizes that an expression of progress can refer to different kinds of measures. In the final instance, the Committee will exercise its discretion in noting progress having regard in particular to the nature of the Convention as well as to the specific circumstances of the country.

55. At each session, the Committee draws the attention of governments to the important role of employers' and workers' organizations in the application of Conventions and Recommendations. Moreover, it highlights the fact that numerous Conventions require consultation with employers' and workers' organizations, or their collaboration in a variety of measures. The Committee notes that almost all governments have indicated in the reports supplied under articles 19 and 22 of the Constitution the representative organizations of employers and workers to which, in accordance with article 23, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, they have communicated copies of the reports supplied to the Office.

56. Since its last session, the Committee has received 518 observations (compared to 577 last year), 27 of which were communicated by employers' organizations and 491 by workers' organizations. The Committee recalls the importance it attaches to this contribution by employers' and workers' organizations to the work of the supervisory bodies, which is essential for the Committee's evaluation of the application of ratified Conventions in law and in practice.

62. In accordance with its terms of reference, the Committee this year examined the following information supplied by the governments of member States pursuant to article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization:

(a) information on the steps taken to submit to the competent authorities the Human Resources Development Recommendation, 2004 (No. 195), adopted by the Conference at its 92nd Session;

(b) additional information on the steps taken to submit to the competent authorities the instruments adopted by the Conference up to its 91st Session (2003);

(c) replies to the observations and direct requests made by the Committee at its 76th Session (November–December 2005).

68. Recommendation No. 195, adopted by the Conference at its 92nd Session (2004), was to be submitted to the competent authorities within one year or, under exceptional circumstances, within 18 months of the closure of the session of the Conference, that is, before 17 June 2005 and 17 December 2005, respectively. In all, 18 governments have sent new information on the steps taken to submit Recommendation No. 195 to the authorities they consider competent: Australia, Austria, Barbados, Bulgaria, Burundi, China, Denmark, Guyana, India, Malawi, Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand and United States.

70. The Committee noted with interest the information sent in 2006 by the Governments of Burundi, Guinea- Bissau, Malawi and Mali, and welcomes the fact that instruments left in abeyance for several years have now been submitted to the National Assembly.

71. To facilitate the work of the Committee on the Application of Standards, this report points out cases in which governments have provided no information on submission to the competent authorities of instruments adopted by the Conference for the last seven sessions or more. The "last seven sessions" time frame was deemed long enough to warrant inviting Government delegations to a special sitting of the Conference Committee so that they may account for the delays in submission.

78. As in its previous reports, the Committee makes individual observations, in section III of Part Two of this report, on the points that should be brought to the special attention of governments. Observations are made in cases where there has been no information for five or more sessions of the Conference. Furthermore, requests for additional information on other points have been addressed directly to a number of countries (see list of direct requests at the end of section III).

82. In accordance with the decision taken by the Governing Body, (Note_18) governments were requested to supply reports under article 19 of the Constitution, on the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105).

A. Cooperation in the field of standards with the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other international organizations

87. In the context of collaboration with other international organizations on questions concerning supervision of the application of international instruments relating to subjects of common interest, the United Nations, certain specialized agencies and other intergovernmental organizations with which the ILO has entered into special arrangements for this purpose, are asked whether they have information on how Conventions are being applied. The list of the Conventions concerned and the international organizations that were consulted is as follows:

– Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957 (No. 107): United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Inter-American Indian Institute of the Organization of American States, United Nations, United Nations Centre for Human Rights, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and World Health Organization (WHO);

– Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);

– Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117): FAO, United Nations, United Nations Centre for Human Rights and UNESCO;

– Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 (No. 134), and Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147): International Maritime Organization (IMO);

– Rural Workers' Organizations Convention, 1975 (No. 141): FAO, United Nations and United Nations Centre for Human Rights;

– Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142): UNESCO;

– Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143): United Nations, United Nations Centre for Human Rights, UNESCO and WHO;

– Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977 (No. 149): WHO;

– Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169): FAO, Inter-American Indian Institute of the Organization of American States, United Nations, United Nations Centre for Human Rights, UNESCO and WHO.

88. The Committee emphasizes that international labour standards and the provisions of related United Nations human rights treaties are complementary and mutually reinforcing. It therefore welcomes the continuing cooperation between the ILO and the United Nations with regard to the application and supervision of the respective instruments.

91. In accordance with the supervisory procedure established under article 74(4) of the Code, and the arrangements made between the ILO and the Council of Europe, the Committee of Experts examined 17 reports on the application of the European Code of Social Security and, as appropriate, its Protocol. It noted that the States parties to the Code and the Protocol continue to apply them in large measure. At the sitting in which the Committee examined the reports on the Code and its Protocol, the Council of Europe was represented by Ms Michèle Akip. The conclusions of the Committee regarding these reports will be sent to the Council of Europe for examination by the Committee of Experts on Standard-Setting Instruments in the Field of Social Security. Representatives of the ILO will participate next year as technical advisers in the meeting of this Committee, during which the Committee of Experts' conclusions will be examined.

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Geneva, 8 December 2006.

A. Al-Fuzaie, Reporter.

Composition of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

Mr Mario ACKERMAN (Argentina),

Director of the Labour Law and Social Security Department and Professor in Labour Law, University of Buenos Aires; former adviser to the Parliament of Argentina; former Director of the Labour Police of the National Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

Docteur en droit; Professor of Law; Professor of Private Law of the University of Kuwait; attorney; former member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); member of the Administrative Board of the Centre of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kuwait; Member of the Governing Body of the International Islamic Centre for Mediation and Commercial Arbitration (Abu Dhabi); former Director of Legal Affairs of the Municipality of Kuwait; former Adviser to the Embassy of Kuwait (Paris).

Judge of Appeal for the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court; former High Court Judge for Belize, Saint Lucia, Grenada and the British Virgin Islands; former Chairperson of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal in Belize; former member of the Committee of Experts for the Prevention of Torture in the Americas.

Deputy Provost, University of Pennsylvania and Samuel Blank (United States), Professor and Professor of Legal Studies and Management of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee and Founding President, Singapore Management University; Senior Editor, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal; President-elect of the International Industrial Relations Association; member of the Executive Board of the US branch of the International Society of Labor Law and Social Security; member of the Public Review Board of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implements Workers' Union; former Secretary of the Section on Labor Law, American Bar Association.

Judge at the Labour Federal High Court (Tribunal Superior do Trabalho) of Brazil, former Labour Public Prosecutor of Brazil, Professor at the Centro de Ensino Unificado de Brasilia.

Professor of Labour Law at the University of Cape Town; former Chief Legal Counsel of the Congress of South African Trade Unions; former Special Adviser to the Labour Minister; former Convener of the Task Team to draft the South African Labour Relations Act.

Justice of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division and Judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal; LL B, LL M of the University of London; previously a barrister specializing in employment law, discrimination and human rights; Head of Cloisters Chambers, Temple (1995–2002); Chairperson of the Bar Council Sex Discrimination Committee (1995–99) and Equal Opportunities Committee (1999–2002); Bencher of the Inner Temple; member of the Independent Human Rights Organization Justice (former Council member) and one of the founding Lawyers of Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties); previously a Vice-President of the Institute of Employment Rights and member of the Panel of Experts advising the Cambridge University Independent Review of Discrimination Legislation; Chairperson of the Board of INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (2001–04) and Chairperson of the Equality and Diversity Advisory Committee of the Judicial Studies Board (2003–); appointed Honorary Fellow of Queen Mary College, London University (2005); member of Council of the University of London (2003–06); President of the Association of Women Barristers and Committee member of the United Kingdom Association of Women Judges.

Doctor of Law; Professor of International Public Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico; member of the National Federation of Lawyers and of the Lawyers' Forum of Mexico; recipient of the award for Juridical Merit "the Lawyer of the Year (1993)"; Social Counselor and member of the Governing Body of the National Institute for Women; President of the Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere (IPPF/WHR). She has been: President of the Senate of Mexico and of the Foreign Relations Committee; Secretary of the House of Representatives; President of the Population and Development Committee and member of the Labour and Social Security Committee; President of the Congress of the State of Chiapas; President of the Inter- American Parliamentary Group on Population and Development (IPG); Vice-President of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders; Director-General of the National Institute for Labour Studies; Commissioner of the National Immigration Institute and editor of the Mexican Labour Review.

Judge at the International Court of Justice since 1994; President of the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva; former member of the International Law Commission; former Ambassador and Ambassador Plenipotentiary to many countries as well as to the United Nations.

Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia; LL B, LL M, Barrister-at-Law; former Judge and Deputy President of the South Australian Industrial Court and Commission; former Deputy President of the Federal Administrative Appeals Tribunal; Reporter on a Child Protection framework for South Australia; former Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of South Australia; former Director, National Rail Corporation; former Commissioner on the Health Insurance Commission; former Chairperson of the Australian Health Ethics Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council; former Honorary Solicitor for the South Australian Council for Civil Liberties; former Solicitor for the Central Aboriginal Land Council; former Chairman of the South Australian Sex Discrimination Board.

Honorary Advocate-General, Court of Cassation (Social Division); President, Journalists Arbitration Commission; Former Deputy Director, Office of the Minister of Justice; Public Prosecutor at the Nanterre Tribunal de Grande Instance (Hauts de Seine); former President of the Pontoise Tribunal de Grande Instance (Val d'Oise); graduate of the Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature.

Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation; Professor of Labour Law (Law Faculty of the St. Petersburg State University); Doctor of Law; former Chief of the Labour Law Department; former Director of the Interregional Association of Law Schools.

Doctor of Law; Professor of Law at the University of Cologne; Director of the Institute for Eastern European Law of the University of Cologne, substitute member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) of the Council of Europe, former legal adviser in the Directorate General of Social Cohesion of the Council of Europe (2001–02).

Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2000 to June 2006; former judge in the Calcutta High Court; former member of the General Council of National Law School of India University; former member of the Executive Committee of the National Judiciary Academy; former member of the General Council and Executive Council of the West Bengal National University on Juridical Sciences; founding member of the Asia-Pacific Advisory Forum on Judicial Education on equality law; member of the International Association of Women Judges; Executive Council member of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and member of various other national and regional bodies.

Doctor of Law; President of the Second Section of the Council of State (Legal, Labour and Social Matters); Professor of Labour Law; Doctor honoris causa of the University of Ferrara (Italy) and the University of Huelva (Spain); President Emeritus of the Constitutional Court; member of the European Academy of Labour Law, the Ibero- American Academy of Labour Law, the Andalusian Academy of Social Sciences and the Environment, and the European Institute of Social Security; Director of the review Relaciones Laborales; President of the SIGLO XXI Club; recipient of the gold medallion of the University of Huelva, and of the Labour Gold Medallion; former President of the National Advisory Commission on Collective Agreements and President of the Andalusian Industrial Relations Council; former Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Seville; former Director of the University College of La Rábida; President ad honorem of the Spanish Association of Labour Law and Social Security.

Honorary President of the Council of State; former member of the Constitutional Council; former President of the Social and Administrative Section of the Supreme Court; former Secretary-General of the Supreme Court; former Councillor of the Supreme Court; former President of the Social Chamber of the Court of Appeal; former Director of Judicial Services; former Councillor of the Court of Appeal; former President of the Dakar Labour Court; former Auditor of the Supreme Court; former Inspector of Railways.

Professor of Public International Law at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law; member of the Institute of International Law; member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; member of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration; member of the International Council of Environmental Law; member of the Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Professor, Chuo Law School; Special Adviser to the Rector, United Nations University; Member of the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.

Endnotes

Note 1

Afghanistan, Grenada, Guyana, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Netherlands (Aruba), Paraguay.

Part II of the present report refers to certain cases of failure to fulfil reporting and other standards-related obligations, within the framework of general observations (pp. 33 to 38) and observations on the submission to the competent authorities of instruments adopted by the Conference (pp. 559 to 571).

Documents GB.282/LILS/5, GB.282/8/2, GB.283/LILS/6 and GB.283/10/2.

Information concerning requests for reports by country and by Convention is available on the ILO web site: http://webfusion.ilo.org/public/db/standards/normes/appl/index.cfm.

Information concerning the regular reporting schedule by country and by Convention is available on the ILO web site: http://webfusion.ilo.org/public/db/standards/normes/schedules/index.cfm.

For the reports received and not received by the end of the Conference, see report of the Committee on the Application of Standards, Part Two, II, Appendix I (Provisional Record No. 24, 95th Session, ILC, 2006). See also information on article 22 reports requested and received on the ILO web site: http://webfusion.ilo.org/public/db/standards/normes/appl/index.cfm.

Albania (Conventions Nos. 29, 100, 105, 111, 138, 178, 181, 182); Bahamas (Conventions Nos. 26, 29, 81, 100, 105, 111, 138, 182); Belize (Conventions Nos. 26, 87, 88, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 111, 115, 138, 141, 144, 150, 151, 154, 156, 182); Bolivia (Conventions Nos. 1, 30, 77, 78, 81, 95, 105, 123, 124, 129, 131, 138, 156); Botswana (Conventions Nos. 29, 95, 105, 173, 176, 182); Burkina Faso (Conventions Nos. 29, 105, 111, 129, 131, 138, 141, 159, 161, 170, 173, 182); Cambodia (Conventions Nos. 4, 6, 13, 87, 98, 100, 105, 111, 122, 138); Comoros (Conventions Nos. 26, 29, 52, 77, 78, 81, 99, 100, 105, 122); Congo (Conventions Nos. 6, 26, 29, 81, 87, 95, 98, 100, 105, 111, 138, 144, 149, 152, 182); Cyprus (Conventions Nos. 105, 114, 122, 138, 182); Djibouti (Conventions Nos. 26, 81, 94, 95, 98, 99, 115, 120, 125); Dominica (Conventions Nos. 16, 26, 29, 81, 87, 95, 100, 105, 138); Equatorial Guinea (Conventions Nos. 29, 100, 105, 111, 138); Eritrea (Conventions Nos. 29, 100, 105, 111, 138); Estonia (Conventions Nos. 5, 6, 11, 29, 105, 182); France – Martinique (Conventions Nos. 81, 94, 95, 112, 113, 125, 129, 131); Grenada (Conventions Nos. 26, 87, 94, 95, 99, 100, 144); Guinea (Conventions Nos. 29, 90, 95, 99, 105, 113, 115, 118, 120, 121, 122, 134, 136, 148, 150, 156); Haiti (Conventions Nos. 5, 45, 77, 78, 81); Indonesia (Conventions Nos. 138, 182); Islamic Republic of Iran (Conventions Nos. 29, 95, 100, 122, 182); Iraq (Conventions Nos. 13, 22, 23, 94, 95, 98, 108, 115, 120, 136, 147, 167); Jordan (Conventions Nos. 29, 81, 105, 138, 182); Kazakhstan (Conventions Nos. 81, 87, 98, 100, 105, 111, 129, 135, 148); Kiribati (Conventions Nos. 87, 98); Republic of Korea (Conventions Nos. 19, 100, 111, 122, 144, 156); Kyrgyzstan (Conventions Nos. 14, 29, 52, 77, 78, 79, 87, 100, 122, 124, 148, 149, 160); Liberia (Conventions Nos. 22, 29, 53, 55, 58, 87, 92, 98, 105, 111, 112, 113, 114, 133, 147); Malawi (Conventions Nos. 19, 87, 98, 100, 111, 144, 158); Malta (Conventions Nos. 22, 53, 81, 87, 98, 100, 111, 180); Papua New Guinea (Conventions Nos. 87, 98, 100, 111, 122, 158); Russian Federation (Conventions Nos. 29, 81, 87, 95, 98, 100, 111, 113, 122, 126, 156); Saint Kitts and Nevis (Conventions Nos. 29, 105, 111, 144, 182); Saint Lucia (Conventions Nos. 7, 8, 14, 17, 19, 87, 100, 111); San Marino (Conventions Nos. 29, 88, 100, 142, 148, 156, 160, 182); Sao Tome and Principe (Conventions Nos. 17, 18, 19, 81, 87, 88, 98, 100, 111, 144, 159); Sierra Leone (Conventions Nos. 17, 87, 95, 98, 100, 105, 111, 125, 126, 144); South Africa (Conventions Nos. 100, 111); Swaziland (Conventions Nos. 11, 87, 98, 100, 111, 138, 144, 160); Tajikistan (Conventions Nos. 11, 87, 98, 100, 126); United Republic of Tanzania (Conventions Nos. 12, 17, 94, 98, 100, 111); The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Conventions Nos. 87, 98); Togo (Conventions Nos. 29, 87, 100, 105, 111, 138, 144, 182); Trinidad and Tobago (Conventions Nos. 19, 87, 98, 100, 111, 125, 144, 147); Uganda (Conventions Nos. 11, 17, 29, 94, 98, 122, 144, 158, 162); United Kingdom – Anguilla (Conventions Nos. 8, 17, 22, 23, 29); United Kingdom – Montserrat (Conventions Nos. 8, 14, 26, 29, 95, 98); United Kingdom – St. Helena (Conventions Nos. 17, 29, 108); Uzbekistan (Conventions Nos. 29, 98, 100, 105, 111, 122).

ILO: Handbook of procedures relating to international labour Conventions and Recommendations, Geneva, Rev., 2006. These comments appear in the CD-ROM version of the ILOLEX database. This database is also available via the ILO web site (www.ilo.org/normes).

Convention No. 8: Seychelles; Convention No. 13: Senegal; Convention No. 17: Kenya, Mauritius, United Kingdom: Bermuda; Convention No. 19: Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, Mauritius; Convention No. 22: Mexico; Convention No. 26: Djibouti, Guinea; Convention No. 32: Algeria; Convention No. 55: Peru; Convention No. 56: Peru; Convention No. 68: Spain; Convention No. 71: Peru; Convention No. 87: Myanmar; Convention No. 88: Djibouti, France, Thailand; Convention No. 94: Burundi, Guinea; Convention No. 95: Central African Republic, Russian Federation, Zambia; Convention No. 96: Bolivia, Djibouti, France, Ghana, Pakistan; Convention No. 100: Japan; Convention No. 102: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mexico, Peru; Convention No. 111: Bangladesh, India; Convention No. 115: Brazil, Ghana, France: French Polynesia, Guadeloupe; Convention No. 117: Paraguay, Zambia; Convention No. 118: Suriname; Convention No. 119: Azerbaijan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ukraine; Convention No. 120: Senegal; Convention No. 121: Senegal; Convention No. 122: Thailand; Convention No. 127: France: New Caledonia, Tunisia; Convention No. 136: Bolivia, Italy; Convention No. 139: Italy; Convention No. 144: United States; Convention No. 148: Ecuador; Convention No. 158: Cameroon, Gabon; Convention No. 168: Norway; Convention No. 179: Morocco; Convention No. 180: Sweden; Convention No. 181: Ethiopia.

After the first report, subsequent reports are requested every two years for the fundamental and priority Conventions and every five years for other Conventions (GB.258/6/19).

Convention No. 87: Belarus; Convention No. 100: Japan; Convention No. 111: Bangladesh, India; Convention No. 119: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

See para. 16 of the report of the Committee of Experts submitted to the 48th Session (1964) of the International Labour Conference.

See para. 122 of the report of the Committee of Experts submitted to the 65th Session (1979) of the International Labour Conference.

An indication of the observations made by employers' and workers' organizations on the application of Conventions received during the current year is available on the ILO web site: http://webfusion.ilo.org/public/db/standards/normes/appl/index.cfm.

See Report III (Part 1B) of the present report containing the General Survey.

Promoting employment, policies – skills – enterprises, ILC, 92nd Session, 2004, Report III (Part 1B).

Document GB.288/LILS/7.

ILO: Report III (Part 1B), ILC, 96th Session, 2007.