Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Nepal (Ratification: 1995)

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in October 2012. The Government indicates that it has been promoting social dialogue on a bipartite and tripartite basis wherever and whenever possible. It recalls that tripartism has been firmly institutionalized and all the major policy decisions and legislative initiatives are the result of tripartite consultations and consensus. The Government reports that all committees established under the Ministry of Labour and Employment which are related to labour, industrial relations, occupational safety and health and child labour are tripartite in their composition. In addition, all matters related with the agenda of the International Labour Conference or articles 19 and 22 of the ILO Constitution are discussed with the social partners. The Government also reports that if any new problems or issues emerge in the future, they will also be sorted out through tripartite consultations and consensus. The Committee notes that the third National Labour and Employment Conference, held on 9–11 July 2012, was organized with technical and financial support from the ILO Nepal Office and concluded with the endorsement of a 15-point declaration. One point in the declaration refers to the development and promotion of good labour relations and the creation of a trusted tripartite environment. The Committee invites the Government to report on the adoption and operation of any new procedure that ensures effective consultations with respect to matters concerning the activities of the ILO set out in the Convention (Article 2(1) of the Convention). The Committee also asks the Government to include in its next report specific information on the content and outcome of the consultations held regarding international labour standards, as required by Article 5(1) of the Convention, and especially on questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the Conference, submission of instruments adopted by the Conference to the National Assembly, and reports to be made on the application of ratified Conventions.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2013.]