Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Benin (Ratification: 2001)

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Government indicates in its report that a national charter on social dialogue has been prepared and is soon to be signed. In reply to the previous comments on the re-examination of non-ratified Conventions, namely the governance Conventions, that is the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129), the Government indicates that it is committed to examining how those Conventions may be ratified. With regard to Convention No. 122, the Government indicates that the ratification process has advanced and that the issue will come before the National Assembly shortly. The Government also recalls that the concerns related to international labour standards laid down in Article 5(1) of the Convention have always been subject to consultation with the social partners. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed and updated information on the content and the outcome of the tripartite consultations held on each of the issues related to international labour standards, as prescribed by Article 5(1) of the Convention. It also requests the Government to provide a copy of the national charter on social dialogue, as soon as it is adopted, as well as information on its implementation in terms of the matters covered by the Convention.