Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

The Committee notes that no reply has been received to its previous direct request, and that no report has been communicated.

As the Committee noted previously, the Government indicated in its 2001 report that the Convention was no longer relevant to Malawi and requested Office assistance on the procedure for denunciation. The Committee asked the Office to contact the Government to explore how the Convention might be applied to certain populations in the country, which the Office has done in 2001 and 2002.

The Committee notes that the ILO’s Project to Promote ILO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples is already working in a number of African countries, including Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, United Republic of Tanzania and South Africa.

The Committee hopes the consultations contemplated here will take place in the near future, and looks forward to learning their outcome.