NOTES for Human Rights and Democratic Development, July 1996, p. 13. 49 As note 48, p. 13. 50 Generally the Committee of Experts and the Applications Committee will indicate in their comments to the government when the next report is due. 51 For example Aruba (Netherlands), Faroe Islands (Denmark), Falkland Islands/Malvinas (UK), French Guyana and Martinique (France). 52 In earlier days, both government reports as well as Direct Requests were published. However this practice was discontinued in view of their volume and the corresponding costs of publication. Direct Requests are published later on the ILOLEX (international labour standards) database. 53 The Committee of Experts also includes in its Annual Report: (i) ‘satisfactions’ as cases of progress made in implementing measures previously called for by the Committee, (ii) ‘interests’ if there are other positive developments, and (iii) ‘acknowledgements’ to indicate when a government has satisfactorily replied to a previous request for information. 54 The Committee of Experts’ report is available in English, French and Spanish. It can be purchased from the ILO or accessed directly through the ILO’s website at www.ilo.org. From the homepage click on ‘sitemap’ and under the section ‘About the ILO’ click on ‘International Labour Conference’. From here you should click on the most recent year and call up the reports to the Conference. These reports include the Committee of Experts report, which is normally available from March onwards. This information can also be accessed from the ILOLEX database, but may not be available on the database immediately after publication. 55 Report III (1A) of the Committee of Experts 2001: Application, p. 55. 56 For further information, see www.itcilo.it the website for the ILO Training Centre in Turin, Italy. 57 They can be obtained at the ILO internet site at www.ilo.org through the ILOLEX database. For more information contact: International Labour Standards and Human Rights Department (NORMES), ILO Geneva or at: tel: +41 22 799 7149 fax: +41 22 799 7139 or by email: polnorm@ilo.org 58 See Report of the Committee of Experts 2001, pp. 16–7 for details. 59 For more details see Handbook of Procedures, 1995, pp. 33–5, and A Trade Union Training Guide, 1998, pp. 447–50. 60 For more details see Report 325 of the Committee on Freedom of Association, Document vol. LXXXIV, 2001, series B, no. 2. This information is also available via ILOLEX at www.ilo.org 61 For more information see the Provisional Record of the 88th session of the International Labour Conference, eighth item on the agenda, ‘Measures recommended by the Governing Body under Article 33 of the Constitution – Implementation of recommendations contained in the report of the Commission of Inquiry entitled “Forced Labour in Myanmar” (Burma)’. 62 ‘Myanmar (Burma): ILO keeps the door open’, World of Work, no. 35, July 2000, p. 13. See also the Provisional Record of the 88th Session of the International Labour Conference. 63 See Report of the Committee of Experts 2001, pp. 147–54 for more details. 64 See ILCCR: Individual Observation concerning Convention No. 107, Indigenous and Tribal Populations, 1957: Bangladesh (ratification: 1972), document no. 24, 1987 for more details. This is also available on the internet through ILOLEX: at www.ilo.org 65 Letter of ICFTU President Mr Narayanan to the ILO Director-General concerning ‘Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957 (Bangladesh)’ of 22 December 1987, ILO archives, Geneva. 66 See Report of the Committee of Experts 2001, p. 456–9. 67 See Report of the Committee of Experts 1996, p. 393. 68 See Report of the Committee of Experts 1999, p. 569, and Tomei and Swepston, op. cit., p. 13. 69 See Report of the Committee of Experts 1997, p. 406 for more details. 70 For further information see Report of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging nonobservance by Mexico of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention. 1989 (No. 169), made under Article 24 of the ILO Constitution by the Trade Union Delegation, D-II-57, section XI of the National Trade Union of Education Workers (SNTE), Radio Education, document no. GB.272/7/2. Also available from the ILO website at www.ilo.org through ILOLEX. 71 See Report of the Committee of Experts 1999, pp. 568–73. 72 See Report of the Committee of Experts 2000, pp. 448–9. 73 Simply click on the ‘Search’ option at the top of the ILO homepage. This brings you to the ‘Search the ILO public website’ page. Go to the bottom of this page and there is an option to search by ILO Convention and Recommendation. Click on this and you can enter the number of the Convention you want and it will provide you with the full text. This information can also be accessed from the ILOLEX database (see endnote below). 74 The ILOLEX database can be accessed from the THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION: A HANDBOOK FOR MINORITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 47