E/C.12/BDI/CO/1 sector by progressively improving their working conditions and extending social security coverage to them. Labour inspection 25. The Committee is concerned that the labour inspection system lacks the financial and human resources needed to effectively fulfil its mandate (art. 7 ). 26. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that the labour inspection system focuses its work on monitoring compliance with labour legislation and that it endow the system with adequate resources, in particular a sufficient number of properly trained labour inspectors and appropriate means of transport. Minimum wage 27. The Committee notes with concern that the State party has not established a national minimum wage (art. 7). 28. The Committee urges the State party to establish, in collaboration with the social partners, an appropriate and regularly indexed national minimum wage in order to guarantee decent living conditions for all workers and their families. Forced labour 29. The Committee notes with concern the information pro vided on the continued existence of forced labour in the State party. The Batwa, in particular, continue to be subjected to the customary practice of ubugererwa (servitude) even though it has been formally abolished. 30. The Committee calls upon the State party to take specific steps, without delay, to eliminate forced labour, including by way of public information campaigns and by offering stronger protection to victims and bringing those responsible for such practices to justice. Restrictions on organized labour 31. The Committee is concerned that the exercise of trade union rights, in particular collective bargaining and the right to strike, continues to be subject to excessive restrictions under the law and in practice (art. 8). 32. The Committee calls upon the State party to align its legislation on trade union rights with article 8 of the Covenant, taking into account as well the provisions of the ILO Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the ILO Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98). Special attention should be given to articles 275 (on the selection of labour representatives) and 211 to 223 (on the right to strike) of the Labour Code and articles 8 and 10 of Act No. 1/015 of 29 November 2002, which regulate the exercise of trade union rights and the right to strike in the public sector. The Committee also calls upon the State party to protect trade union rights and to investigate expeditiously all alleged violations of trade union rights brought to its attention and make provision for appropriate redress. Social security 33. The Committee notes with concern that, despite the adoption of a national social protection policy and the establishment of the Social Protection Support Fund, a large part of the country’s population lacks any kind of social protection (art. 9). GE.15-18000 5/10