Notwithstanding, the employee may further appeal to the relevant institutions as
provided by the Constitution such as the Ombudsman, PSAB and may apply for
judicial review (Order 5).
Unemployment Relief Scheme Act, 3/04/1995, Laws of Seychelles 1996.
This Act establishes a Scheme to provide employment for unemployed Seychellois
on projects approved by the Minister. To encourage them to participate in training
Schemes and accept job offers in other sectors. The payments to participants are met
from the fund set up under the Act.
Section 4: "A person shall be eligible to become a participant of the Scheme if the person is a
citizen of Seychelles; and is unemployed; and has registered with the Ministry as a person seeking
employment".
Section 6.1: "For the purposes of the Scheme, there is hereby established an Unemployment Relief
Scheme Fund […]"
3: "There shall be paid out of the Fund (among other expenses) all payments made to
participants of the Scheme under this Act".
• Right to enjoy physical and mental health.
Article 16, ACHPR.
Constitution Article 29: "The State recognises the right of every citizen to protection of health
and to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and with a
view to ensuring the effective exercise of this right the State undertakesa) […] to provide for free primary health care in State institutions for all its citizens;
b) […] to prevent, treat and control epidemic, endemic and other diseases;
c) […] to reduce infant mortality and promote the healthy development of the child;
d) to promote individual responsibility in health matters;
e) to allow […] for the establishment of private medical services".
The development of health over the past two decades has followed the primary
health care approach The government has put into practice a policy of
decentralisation of health services which intents to ensure that every one, in the
whole territory including the inner islands, receive medical attention when they are
sick.. Mahe, the largest and most populated island, is divided in five regions (north,
central, south, east and west). Each one of these regions has two or three Health
Centres, which makes a total of eleven. The Government is the major provider of