Decision on the 16th item on the agenda: Complaint concerning non-observance by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95), and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), ...

Record of decisions | 27 March 2017

Decision on the 16th item on the agenda: Complaint concerning non-observance by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95), and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), made under article 26 of the ILO Constitution by several delegates to the 105th Session (2016) of the International Labour Conference

The Governing Body decided:

(a) to transmit all allegations of the complaint concerning Convention No. 87 to the Committee on Freedom of Association for their examination;

(b) given that all aspects of the complaint relating to Conventions Nos 95 and 111 had not been recently examined by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR), to transmit these allegations to the CEACR for their full examination;

(c) that the complaint not be referred to a commission of inquiry and that, as a result, the procedure under article 26 of the ILO Constitution be closed.

(Document GB.329/INS/16(Rev.), paragraph 7.)