Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Maldives (Ratification: 2013)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments initially made in 2017.

Repetition

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its first report.

Article 1(a) of the Convention. Imposition of prison sentences involving the obligation to work as a punishment for expressing certain political views or views ideologically opposed to the established political, social or economic system. Communication of texts. The Committee requests the Government to supply, with its next report, a copy of the Prisons and Parole Act of 2013, as well as copies of the legislation in force in the following fields: laws governing the press and other media; laws governing political parties and associations; and laws governing assemblies, meetings and demonstrations.

Article 1(c). Disciplinary measures applicable to seafarers. The Committee observes an absence of information in the Government’s report on legislation in relation to labour discipline regarding merchant seafarers and fishers. It therefore requests the Government to provide a copy of the law governing the conditions of employment of seafarers, and particularly the disciplinary sanctions that may be applied to them.

Article 1(d). Penal sanctions involving compulsory labour for having participated in strikes. The Committee observes an absence of information in the Government’s report on legislation governing the organization of and participation in strikes. It therefore requests the Government to supply a copy of the law regulating trade union activities and the exercise of the right to strike.