Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Shipowners' Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936 (No. 55) - Mexico (Ratification: 1939)

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its latest report. In particular, it notes the adoption of the new Act on social security which, according to its section 12 I, applies to seamen. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply in its next report detailed information on any impact of this new legislation on the application of Articles of the Convention and on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including statistics, in accordance with Part V of the report form.

2. The Committee notes that in its previous reports the Government referred to agreements concluded by certain maritime companies and the Mexican Social Security Institute under Agreement No. 183015 of 1967 with a view to guaranteeing seamen, in practice, the real enjoyment of social security benefits. In view of the adoption of the new legislation on social security, the Committee requests the Government to indicate whether these agreements are still in force and whether new agreements have been concluded in this sphere; if so, please supply the texts.