Observation on submission to competent authorities (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Angola

Submission. The Committee notes with interest the ratification of seven Conventions, including the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189); and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), adopted at the 100th Session and the 108th Session of the Conference, respectively. As a result, Angola is no longer considered to be in serious failure to submit.

However, the Committee observes that 19 instruments are still pending submission to the National Assembly. In this regard, it takes note of the information provided by the Government to the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards in June 2025, indicating that, under national law, all instruments submitted to the National Assembly must be in the Portuguese, the official language. The Government adds that, although all pending instruments have been translated, their submission has not yet been completed due to the bureaucratic process, which follows the same legal process as ratification. This process involves translating the instruments, the preparation of technical opinions and explanatory notes by the Ministry of Labour, which then submits them to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The latter is responsible for scheduling them for discussion at the Council of Ministers meeting. Once approved, the instruments are submitted by the Council of Ministers to the National Assembly for formal receipt and possible approval of the accession process. While welcoming the initial steps taken by the Government towards fulfilling its constitutional obligation of submission,the Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of any developments regarding the completion of the submission process for the pending instruments. In this regard, it once again reiterates its request that the Government provide the information required under article 19 of the ILO Constitution on the 19 instruments pending submission to the National Assembly. These are: the Protection of Workers” Claims (Employer’s Insolvency) Recommendation, 1992 (No. 180), adopted by the Conference at its 79th Session; the Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947, adopted by the Conference at its 82nd Session; and the instruments adopted at the 86th, 91st, 92nd, 94th, 95th (the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 2006 (No. 197), and the Employment Relationship Recommendation, 2006 (No. 198)) 99th, 100th, 101st, 103rd, 104th, 106th (the Domestic Workers Recommendation, 2011 (No. 201)), 108th (the Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019 (No. 206)) and 111th Sessions of the Conference (2003–23).