Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) - Iraq (Ratification: 1972)

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Protection of workers’ representatives and facilities. In its previous comments, the Committee had hoped that the new Labour Code would be adopted in the very near future and that it would be in conformity with the provisions of the Convention, including those concerning the protection of workers’ representatives (whether trade union or elected representatives) against dismissals and other prejudicial acts and the facilities afforded to them to enable them to carry out their functions. It also noted that an independent Law on Trade Union Organizations had been examined in a first reading in the Majlis Al Nouwab. The Committee takes note of the Government’s indication that the draft Law on Trade Union Organizations is being discussed in the State Council. The Committee notes, however, that the Government does not provide information concerning the implementation of the specific rights enshrined in the Convention and that it does not refer to the new Labour Code, which was adopted in 2015. The Committee requests the Government to indicate how the new Labour Code gives effect to the Convention, including with respect to the protection of workers’ representatives against prejudicial acts, such as dismissal, and the facilities afforded to them to enable them to carry out their functions. It also requests the Government to inform on any development concerning the adoption of the draft Law on Trade Union Organizations and on its impact on the application of the Convention.