Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

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 is therefore bound to repeat its previous comments.

Repetition

Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee notes the information that the mission of the restructured labour inspectorate remained the same as previously, namely to monitor relevant regulations, to provide advice and to seek to resolve any conflicts occurring; and that there were no specific competencies attributed to the labour inspectorate in terms of inspections in the area of construction. With reference to its previous comment, the Committee asks the Government to provide more information on the manner in which technical standards applied in the building industry are monitored and enforced.

Article 6. Application in practice. The Committee notes the 2010 report of the National Institute for Social Security and of the Inspector General for 2008–09 including detailed, albeit not comprehensive, statistical information, which reflects a noticeable development in the Government’s efforts to improve its monitoring of the working conditions in the country. The Committee notes that the information provided does not fully enable the Committee to evaluate the trends in relation to occupational accidents and diseases in the area of construction. The Committee hopes the Government will be in a position to provide further and more complete statistical information on the number and classification of the accidents and diseases 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 hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the near future.