Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Burkina Faso (Ratification: 2001)

Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultation. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government of Burkina Faso in reply to its direct request of 2016. In particular, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the financial and technical assistance requested of the ILO was obtained in 2017. This assistance enabled the members of the Advisory Commission on International Labour Standards (CCNIT) to be trained in the following areas: ILO issues in general and the international labour standards system; tripartite consultations and Convention No. 144; the international labour standards supervisory bodies; and the fundamental labour standards in the specific areas of freedom of association and collective bargaining. This training took place during the first session of the CCNIT, from 28 February to 2 March 2017 in Ouagadougou. The Government emphasizes that the tripartite consultations of the CCNIT have been held on a regular basis in accordance with Decree No. 2015 971/PRES-TRANS/PM/MFPTSS/ MF. The Committee notes with interest the detailed information provided on the recommendations issued by the CCNIT in the course of the meetings held from 2017 to 2019. At its second session, from 13 to 15 November 2017, the CCNIT issued a favourable opinion concerning the ratification of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930. In addition, the Committee notes that the CCNIT recommended that preliminary studies be conducted on men and women domestic workers in order to identify their number and employment conditions, and on the construction sector, with a view to examining and issuing opinions on the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), and the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), respectively. At the first session of the CCNIT in 2018, held between 15 and 17 May 2018, the CCNIT also issued favourable opinions on the ratifications of the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176), and the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181). Subsequently, at the second session of 2018, held on 26 and 27 November 2018, the CCNIT issued favourable opinions on the ratification of the Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154), and the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151). The Government indicates that two sessions were scheduled for 2019. At the first session of 2019, the CCNIT officers supported the abrogation of eight Conventions: the Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920 (No. 8), the Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920 (No. 9), the Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921 (No. 16), the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 (No. 53), the Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946 (No. 73), the Certification of Able Seamen Convention, 1946 (No. 74), the Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 91), and the Continuity of Employment (Seafarers) Convention, 1976 (No. 145). Furthermore, the officers issued a favourable opinion on the withdrawal of nine Conventions and eleven Recommendations: the Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920 (No. 7), the Holidays with Pay (Sea) Convention, 1936 (No. 54), the Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1936 (No. 57), the Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention, 1946 (No. 72), the Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1946 (No. 76), the Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 93), the Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1958 (No. 109), the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 (No. 179), the Seafarers’ Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996 (No. 180), the Repatriation (Ship Masters and Apprentices) Recommendation, 1926 (No. 27), the Prevention of Industrial Accidents Recommendation, 1929 (No. 31), the Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Recommendation, 1936 (No. 49), Seafarers’ Engagement (Foreign Vessels) Recommendation, 1958 (No. 107), the Vocational Training (Seafarers) Recommendation, 1970 (No. 137), the Employment of Seafarers (Technical Developments) Recommendation, 1970 (No. 139), the Protection of Young Seafarers Recommendation, 1976 (No. 153), the Continuity of Employment (Seafarers) Recommendation, 1976 (No. 154), the Repatriation of Seafarers Recommendation, 1987 (No. 174), the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Recommendation, 1996 (No. 186), and the Seafarers’ Wages, Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Recommendation, 1996 (No. 187). The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of the follow-up to the various opinions issued by the CCNIT. It also invites the Government to, in its next report, continue providing information on the tripartite consultations, and the outcomes thereof, held in the CCNIT on issues relating to the international labour standards covered by Article 5(1)(a)–(e) of the Convention.