Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Article 1, paragraph 1, and Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee raised the issue of the freedom of persons in the service of the State to leave that service. Referring once again to the explanations given in paragraphs 67 to 73 of its 1979 General Survey on the abolition of forced labour, the Committee hopes that the Government will provide copies of Decree No. 89-062/PRE concerning the conditions of service of public servants, Decree No. 88-043/PRE setting out the general conditions of service of servicemen, and Decree No. 88-044/PRE setting out the conditions of service of officers, and that it will provide full information on the manner in which the abolition of forced labour is ensured with regard to the following:

(i) section 8 of Decree No. 91-029/PR/DEF concerning the conditions of service of doctors and pharmacists, who are required to work for the army for a period of 15 years;

(ii) section 109 of Act No. 72/AN/94/3eL setting out the conditions of service of the national police force, and section 50 of Act No. 48/AN/83/1 setting out the conditions of service of public servants, which stipulates that resignation must be accepted in accordance with regulations;

(iii) the practice described by the Government of requiring career service personnel to submit a request to the Supreme Military Council if they wish to resign, in particular if their studies have been financed by the armed forces.

Article 1, paragraph 1, and Article 2, paragraph 2(c). The Committee refers to its earlier comments concerning prison labour, particularly in cases where under the terms of Act No. 144/AN/80, to issue the Prison Code, prisoners are employed by private enterprises. The Committee refers once again to the provisions of the Convention on this point and to the explanations set out in paragraphs 97 and 98 of the above-mentioned General Survey and in paragraphs 116 to 125 of its 1997-98 General Report, and requests the Government in its next report to provide the necessary information on the organization of work in prisons, with a copy of the model hiring contract used and details of the applicable conditions.