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

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Belarus (Ratification: 1995)

The Committee has noted with interest the information provided by the Government in its first report on the application of the Convention. It would be grateful if the Government would supply, with its next report, copies of the legislation in force in the following fields: updated texts of the Criminal Code and the Correctional Labour Code; the laws governing the press and assemblies, meetings and demonstrations; the law governing political parties; any amendments to the Act on Social Associations of 4 October 1994; the law governing the civil service; any provisions adopted under article 63 of the Constitution of Belarus concerning a state of emergency; and any provisions restricting the right to strike and imposing sanctions for violation of such restrictions.