Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 2015, Publicación: 105ª reunión CIT (2016)

Convenio sobre la readaptación profesional y el empleo (personas inválidas), 1983 (núm. 159) - Santo Tomé y Príncipe (Ratificación : 1992)

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Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Convention. Implementation of a national policy. Consultation. The Government indicates that the Basic Act for persons with disabilities, Act No. 7/12, has been enacted and published, and includes the text of two of its provisions in its report. The Committee notes that the objective of the Basic Act is to promote equality of rights and opportunities for persons with disabilities and that it establishes the fundamental principles to be followed by the rehabilitation policy. The Committee also notes that provisions on persons with disabilities have been included in a new draft Labour Code. The Committee requests the Government to provide the full text of the Basic Act for persons with disabilities and to provide information on the provisions in the Labour Code, once adopted, that are directly related to the promotion of employment for persons with disabilities. The Committee refers to its previous comments and requests the Government to provide information on the results achieved by the measures adopted for the integration of persons with disabilities into the open labour market. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on vocational guidance, vocational training and employment services designed to enable persons with disabilities to secure, retain and advance in employment (Article 7), the services available to persons with disabilities living in rural areas and remote communities (Article 8), and the measures concretely adopted to ensure the availability of qualified staff for vocational rehabilitation (Article 9). Please also provide information on the participation of the social partners in the formulation and implementation of a national policy on the vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2016.]