Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

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

The Committee notes the Government's reports.

The Committee requests the Government to send a copy of the regulations mentioned in Act No. 43 of 1992 on the organization of prisons (section 24).

The Committee would also ask the Government to indicate how workers in the domestic service are protected against various forms of abuses which could come under this Convention. Particularly, the Committee would appreciate if the Government could give detailed information on the legal rights of that category of workers under the general labour legislation.