Socioeconomic Development 830. Chapter 6 Soon after gaining its independence on 2 December 1969, Mauritius ratified a number of conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on labour law. They include: • • • • • • ��� • • • • • • • • • • • • The Unemployment Convention, 1919 (No. 2). The Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920 (No. 8). The Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 11). The Workmen’s Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 12). The Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14). The Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921 (No. 16). The Workmen’s Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17). The Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29). The Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32). The Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934 (No. 42). The Certification of Able Seamen Convention, 1946 (No. 74). The Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) (Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947). The Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1947 (No. 86) (Shelved). The Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94). The Migration for Employment Convention (revised), 1949 (No. 97). The Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98). The Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951 (No. 99). The Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105). The Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108). 831. After a break of over 20 years, Mauritius began adopting texts again and subsequently adopted: • • 292 Chapter 6 The Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), ratified on 30 July 1990. The Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144), ratified on 14 June 1994. • • • • • • • • • Socioeconomic Development The Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160), ratified on the same date. The Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175), ratified on 14 June 1996. The Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), ratified on 18 December 2002. The Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), ratified on the same date. The Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137), ratified on 3 March 2003. The Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150), ratified on 5 April 2004, and the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156), which was ratified on the same date. The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159), ratified on 9 June 2004. The Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88), ratified on 3 September 2004. The Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), ratified on 1 April 2005. 832. The CRM could not get information on the degree to which these international instruments have been popularised with stakeholders and the public. iii. Recommendations 833. The African Peer Review (APR) Panel recommends that: • • 6.3 The international commitments that Mauritius has made be disseminated to, and popularised with, all stakeholders who are likely to benefit from them. [Government and civil society] All ratified international legal agreements be consolidated in national laws. [Government] Assessment of performance on African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) objectives Objective 1: Promote self-reliance in development and build capacity for selfsustaining development i. Summary of the CSAR 834. Self-reliance in the socioeconomic sector is the capacity to achieve a certain level of autonomy while taking responsibility for managing 293