Observation on submission to competent authorities (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Serious failure to submit. The Committee once again notes with deep concern that the Government has yet again failed to reply to its previous comments. It recalls once more that the constitutional obligation of submission is of the highest importance and is a fundamental element of the standards system of the ILO. The Committee once again expresses the firm hope, as did the Conference Committee in June 2017, June 2018, June 2019, June 2021, June 2022 and June 2023, that the Government will comply with its obligation to submit Conventions, Recommendations and Protocols to the competent authority (the House of Assembly). It firmly urges the Government to provide information on the submission to the House of Assembly of the 31 instruments (Conventions, Recommendations and Protocols) adopted by the Conference at 17 sessions held from 1995 to 2019 (82nd, 83rd, 85th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 95th, 96th, 99th, 100th, 101st, 103rd, 104th, 106th and 108th Sessions).

The Committee once again recalls that the Government may request the technical assistance of the Office, if it so wishes, to assist it in achieving compliance with its obligations under article 19 of the Constitution with respect to the submission to the competent authorities of the instruments adopted by the Conference.