Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - United Arab Emirates (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee notes that no report has been received from the Government. 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:

The Committee noted the information supplied by the Government in its reports and the text of the Penal Code, of which a copy was attached to the report.

1. Further to its previous comments, the Committee noted that no law imposing forced labour in exceptional circumstances and no federal law to issue regulations governing prison establishments have been adopted up to the present time. It also noted the Government's statement that when such laws are enacted their text will be transmitted and that a separate report on the practice followed with regard to the employment of prisoners in federal prisons and prisons coming under the authority of the Emirates will be forwarded by the Government.

2. Further to its previous comments, the Committee noted that section 347 of the Federal Penal Code No. 3 establishes sanctions in the event of compulsory labour being imposed upon a person in the interests of a private individual and in cases other than those provided for by the law. The Committee again requests the Government to supply information on the application in practice of this provision and to supply, where appropriate, copies of any judicial rulings on this subject.