Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1954)

Article 1 of the Convention (in conjunction with Article 2). Equality of treatment in relation to employment accidents. The Committee understands from the Government’s report, received in August 2012, that section 104 of Act No. 065 of December 2010 replaces section 6 of Decree 25902, which is no longer applicable. It notes with interest that, under section 104 of Act No. 065, all foreigners who maintain a dependent labour relationship on Bolivian territory are covered by occupational risk insurance, the only exception being foreigners who maintain a dependent labour relationship with diplomatic missions, consulates and international organizations accredited vis-à-vis the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

Article 1(2). Payment of benefits abroad. The Government explains in its report that section 7 of Supreme Decree No. 25902 does not address payment of benefits abroad as it applies only to transfers of contributions made to pension funds. The Committee notes the Government’s statements that, to date, there is no procedure for transferring benefits generated in the Plurinational State of Bolivia to another member State party to the Convention. However, as indicated in the Government’s report on the application of the Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118), the Committee understands that, further to the entry into force on 1 May 2011 of the Ibero-American Multilateral Social Security Agreement to which the Plurinational State of Bolivia is party, the transfer of benefits, including invalidity benefits, to other countries which have also signed the agreement implementing the Ibero-American Agreement is now possible. The Committee requests the Government to send information in its next report on the mechanisms for implementing the Ibero-American Agreement, indicating in particular the type and amount of benefits which have been transferred abroad by the Bolivian social security system.