Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921 (No. 13) - Suriname (Ratification: 1976)

Article 1, paragraph 1, and Article 6 of the Convention. The Committee notes the response provided in the Government’s report indicating that in June 2008 the Ministry of Labour, Technological Development and Environment started revising labour legislation, and that a committee was appointed to revise the legislation regarding labour conditions which will include the revision of the Safety Act of 1947. The Committee hopes that revision of labour legislation, in particular the Safety Act of 1947, will include consultation mechanisms with employers’ and workers’ organizations, and that the Government will give full effect to provisions of this Convention. The Committee asks the Government to keep it informed of progress in this regard, and to send copies of revised legislation as soon as it has been adopted.

Article 7. Statistics on morbidity and mortality due to lead poisoning. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that, according to the Medical Bureau of the Labour Inspection, occupational diseases are not, or are very poorly, reported to the labour inspectorate. The Committee reiterates its request that the Government undertake measures to ensure that statistical data on lead poisoning among working painters can be obtained, as required by Article 7. The Committee hopes that the Government’s next report will contain these statistical data, including a description of the statistical methods adopted, which have been requested by the Committee for a number of years.