Report of the Director-General - Sixth Supplementary Report: Report of the committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Chile of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), submitted under article 24 of the ILO Constitution by the Colegio de Abogados de Chile, AG

Sixth Supplementary Report: Report of the committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Chile of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), submitted under article 24 of the ILO
Constitution by the Colegio de Abogados de Chile, AG

The Governing Body:

(a) approved the report;

(b) in light of the conclusions contained in paragraphs 27 to 38 of the report and in order to ensure that Chilean lawyers enjoy the protection against forced labour afforded by the Convention, requested the Government of Chile:

(i) to review the overall functioning of the duty lawyer roster system in order to ensure that the system does not prejudice the free exercise of the profession of lawyer;

(ii) to take the necessary measures to ensure that such a review takes into account the volume of work imposed, the frequency of assignments, the financial losses incurred and the excessive nature of the sanction that is currently envisaged;

(c) invited the Government, in its next reports under article 22 of the ILO Constitution, to provide detailed information on the measures adopted to give effect to the recommendations made above so that the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations can continue the examination of the issues raised with regard to the application of the Convention;

(d) declared closed the procedure initiated before the Governing Body as a result of the representation presented by the Colegio de Abogados de Chile, AG, alleging non-observance by Chile of Convention No. 29.

(Document GB.303/19/6, paragraph 39.)