Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921 (No. 13) - Togo (Ratification: 1960)

Article 7 of the Convention. Statistics on morbidity and mortality due to lead poisoning. Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee previously noted that, according to the information provided by the Government, painters are usually self-employed workers and that the technical assistance mission to Lomé in 2011 had concluded that appropriate tools to collect statistical data in Togo needed to be developed. The Committee notes the Government’s indication in the present report that there are no statistics available on lead poisoning. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure the collection of the data required by this Article. In the meantime, it requests the Government to provide any available information on lead-related diseases and any other information related to the application of the Convention in practice.