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

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Cabo Verde (Ratification: 1979)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters raised in its previous direct request:

In its previous direct request, the Committee noted that by virtue of section 28 of Legislative Decree No. 57/85 of 3 June 1985 respecting the conditions of service of officers and non-commissioned officers in the People's Revolutionary Armed Forces, officers and non-commissioned officers may be relieved of their functions at their request, provided that they have completed at least ten years of actual service.

The Committee drew the Government's attention to paragraph 72 of its 1979 General Survey on the Abolition of Forced Labour, in which it states that persons who have voluntarily entered into an engagement should have the right to leave the service in peacetime within a reasonable period, either at specific intervals or with previous notice, subject to the conditions that may normally be required to ensure the continuity of the service.

The Committee noted with interest the Government's statement that its comment will be taken into account when the time comes. The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its future reports the changes that have been made in this respect.