Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1981)

In its previous direct request, the Committee noted that the Judicial Department of the Ministry of Labour was in the process of preparing draft regulations to give effect to the Convention. The Government has indicated in its latest report that a draft Labour Code is being prepared, with the technical assistance of the ILO, which will ensure the application of ratified conventions. The Committee notes from the Government's report that this draft Code should be studied by all social partners during a tripartite seminar to be held in March and, upon its approval, will be presented to the Legislative Assembly for adoption. The Committee reiterates the hope that the necessary measures be taken, either in the form of regulations, as mentioned previously by the Government, or in the Labour Code, in order to give full effect to the provisions of the Convention.

In this regard, the Committee would recall that, under Article 3, paragraph 1 and Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Convention, all appropriate steps shall be taken to ensure effective protection of workers against ionising radiations and to review maximum permissible doses of ionising radiations in the light of current knowledge. The Committee would call the Government's attention to its General Observation under this Convention which sets forth, inter alia, the revised exposure limits established on the basis of new physiological findings by the International Commission on Radiological Protection in its 1990 Recommendations (Publication No. 60). The Committee hopes that the Government will take these new findings into account when drafting the legislation necessary for the application of the Convention. The Government is requested to provide information in its next report on the progress made in adopting the legislation necessary for the application of the Convention, and in particular, on the steps taken or being considered in relation to the matters raised in the conclusions to the General Observation.