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Repetition Effective tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Government indicates that it has constituted the Tripartite Consultative Council (TCC) which is composed of 60 members having equal representation from employers’ organizations, workers’ organizations and Government. The Committee notes with interest that at the TCC meeting held on 30 July 2013, the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), and the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), were recommended for ratification. The Committee invites the Government to provide a report containing more detailed information on the effective consultations held by the Tripartite Consultative Council on the matters relating to international labour standards covered by the Convention. It also invites the Government to provide in its next report information on the progress made towards ratification of Convention No. 185 and the MLC, 2006 (Article 5(1)(c) of the Convention). The Committee also invites the Government to re-examine some other unratified Conventions with the social partners, in particular the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), which is deemed a fundamental Convention; the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129), and the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), which are deemed governance Conventions; and the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), whose ratification would result in the immediate denunciation of the Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957 (No. 107). Unratified Conventions on occupational safety and health. Following the tragic events resulting from the Rana Plaza building collapse in April 2013 and the Tazreen factory fire in November 2012, the Committee notes the National Tripartite Plan of Action on Fire Safety and Structural Integrity in the ready-made garment sector in Bangladesh signed on 25 July 2013 and notes the ILO programmes developed with the tripartite partners. It recalls that in the Tripartite Statement of Commitment, adopted in Dhaka on 15 January 2013, the social partners in Bangladesh expressed the need to respect and promote the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187), the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and other relevant standards such as the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121). The Committee invites the Government and the social partners to take advantage of the tripartite consultation procedures required by the Convention to achieve progress towards the application and ratification of the instruments of the ILO relevant to the framework for occupational safety and health.
Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report received in August 2009 in reply to its 2007 observation requesting substantive information on the consultations held on matters related to international labour standards. The Committee notes that the replies to questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the Conference were prepared on the basis of tripartite consultations (Article 5(1)(a) of the Convention). The Government indicates that proposals to be made to Parliament were thoroughly considered in the Tripartite Consultative Committee (Article 5(1)(b)). The Committee notes that the Government is actively considering the ratification of the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), and others on the basis of the socio-economic conditions (Article 5(1)(c)). The Government also indicates that no questions arose with regard to reports to be made on ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)). The Committee once again requests the Government to provide a report containing more concrete information on the effective consultations held by the Tripartite Consultative Committee on international labour standards. In this respect, the Committee hopes that the next report will also include information on reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations covered by the Convention.
Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the brief reply supplied by the Government to its previous comments indicating that, before sending the replies and before the preparation of the items for the agenda of the Conference, matters are regularly consulted in a tripartite forum. The Committee expresses its interest to receive more substantive information on the consultations held on all the matters related to international labour standards covered by the Convention. In this respect, the Committee asks the Government again to provide a report containing information on the consultations held by the Tripartite Consultative Council on international labour standards. Regarding the consultations on the proposals made when submitting the instruments adopted by the Conference to the Standing Parliamentary Committee, the Committee of Experts refers to the observations it has been making for many years on compliance with the obligation of submission and hopes that the Government will be in a position to announce very soon that it has held the consultations required by Convention No. 144 and submitted all the remaining instruments to Parliament (Article 5, paragraph 1(b) and (c), of the Convention). Please also supply information on the matters specified in Article 5, paragraph 1(a), (d) and (e), of the Convention, including information on the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations.
1. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the replies provided by the Government to its previous direct request on the consultations held by the Tripartite Consultative Council on international labour standards. Regarding the consultations on the proposals made when submitting the instruments adopted by the International Labour Conference to the Standing Parliamentary Committee, the Committee refers to the observations it has been making for many years on compliance with the obligation of submission, and hopes that the Government will be in a position to announce very soon that it has held the consultations required by Convention No. 144 and submitted all the remaining instruments to Parliament (Article 5, paragraph 1(b) and (c), of the Convention).
2. In general, the Committee hopes that the Government will be in a position to provide more substantive information on the consultations held on the other items covered by the Convention, as specified in Article 5, paragraph 1(a), (d) and (e), of the Convention, including information on the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations.
The Committee notes the short report provided by the Government for the period ending May 2003. It requests the Government to provide particulars, in its next report, of the consultations held by the Tripartite Consultative Council or others, on each of the subjects listed in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention and to indicate the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations.
The Committee notes the Government's report. It observes that it contains relatively succinct information about the consultations held on the Convention and Protocol, to use the Government's term, adopted by the International Labour Conference in 1995. The Committee asks the Government to provide particulars, in future reports, of the consultations held on each of the subjects listed in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, and to indicate the nature of all reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations.
The Committee notes that, according to the Government, the Directorate of Labour and the Bangladesh Employers' Association submitted comments. The Government is asked to send the observations received from the representative organizations, together with any comments it considers useful, as requested in point VI of the report form.
The Committee has taken note of the brief report from the Government for the period ending 30 June 1994.
The Committee notes that the information provided only very partially addresses the points raised in previous comments. The Committee requests that the Government provide in its next report detailed information on each of the consultations held on the points in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, specifying the intervals between consultations (Article 5, paragraph 2).
The Committee also notes from the report that observations were made by the Bangladesh Employers' Confederation. The Government is requested to forward the text of these observations along with any comments it considers appropriate as requested in point VI of the report form.
The Committee notes the information in the Government's report concerning the subjects of the tripartite consultations which have taken place. It would be grateful if the Government would continue in its next report to give particulars on each of the matters set out in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, as well as information as to the frequency of such consultations (Article 5, paragraph 2).
The Committee also notes that comments have been submitted by the Bangladesh Employers' Confederation. It recalls that, according to Part IV of the report form, the Government is requested to communicate the observations received, together with any comments that it considers useful.
The Committee takes note of the Government's report. It requests the Government to provide detailed information on consultations held during the period covered by the next report on each of the points set out in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee also notes the comments submitted by the Bangladesh Employers' Association.