Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be provided for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full particulars on the points raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee notes the new reorganization of the labour inspectorate into four specialized subservices, one of which will be inspecting technical safety standards. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide more information on this restructuring, in particular on the manner in which this renewed system of inspection ensures the effective application of the provisions of the safety legislation in the building industry.

Article 6. The Committee notes that the Government explains the absence of statistical information on occupational accidents by the war situation prevailing since 2 August 1998, which has prevented the central services of the labour administration from contacting all the external services. The Committee hopes the Government will be in a position to supply to the Office, with its next report, statistical information on the number and classification of the accidents occurring, particularly to persons working in the sector covered by the Convention, and as detailed information as possible on the number of persons engaged in the building industry and covered by the statistics.

The Committee notes that according to section 125 of Act No. 93-001 of 2 April 1993 concerning constitutional harmonization during the transition period, all legislative and regulatory texts in existence at the time of the entry into force of the said Act, will continue to be in force until they are expressly repealed. The Committee notes that the Government indicates in its report that the legislative and regulatory texts applying the provisions of the Convention have already been provided to the Office. The Committee notes that the texts referred to by the Government, which were recalled by the Government in its report of 1984, were adopted between 1959 and 1974. In view of the substantial changes that have taken place in the country since then, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the laws and regulations currently in force and those that have been expressly repealed. Please provide the Office with a copy of the amending laws or regulations which will permit an assessment of the application of the provisions of the Convention.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary measures in the very near future.