In this Convention the term organisation means any organisation of workers or of employers for furthering and defending the interests of workers or of employers. In accordance with the principle set forth in paragraph 8 of Article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation the ratification of this Convention by any Member shall not be deemed to affect any existing law, award, custom or agreement in virtue of which members of the armed forces or the police enjoy any right guaranteed by this Convention. The extent to which the guarantees provided for in this Convention shall apply to the armed forces and the police shall be determined by national laws or regulations.Ģ. The law of the land shall not be such as to impair, nor shall it be so applied as to impair, the guarantees provided for in this Convention.ġ. In exercising the rights provided for in this Convention workers and employers and their respective organisations, like other persons or organised collectivities, shall respect the law of the land.Ģ. The acquisition of legal personality by workers' and employers' organisations, federations and confederations shall not be made subject to conditions of such a character as to restrict the application of the provisions of Articles 2, 3 and 4 hereof.ġ. The provisions of Articles 2, 3 and 4 hereof apply to federations and confederations of workers' and employers' organisations. Workers' and employers' organisations shall have the right to establish and join federations and confederations and any such organisation, federation or confederation shall have the right to affiliate with international organisations of workers and employers. Workers' and employers' organisations shall not be liable to be dissolved or suspended by administrative authority. The public authorities shall refrain from any interference which would restrict this right or impede the lawful exercise thereof.

Workers' and employers' organisations shall have the right to draw up their constitutions and rules, to elect their representatives in full freedom, to organise their administration and activities and to formulate their programmes.Ģ.

Workers and employers, without distinction whatsoever, shall have the right to establish and, subject only to the rules of the organisation concerned, to join organisations of their own choosing without previous authorisation.ġ. Article 1 states all ILO members must give effect to the following provisions. In turn, the law of the land, 'shall not be such as to impair, nor shall it be so applied as to impair, the guarantees provided for in this Convention.' Finally, article 9 states that these provisions are applied to both armed forces and police forces only as determined by national laws and regulations, and do not supersede previous national laws that reflect the same rights for such forces. They are required, in the exercise of these rights, to respect the law of the land.

There is also an explicit expectation placed on these organizations. Part 1 consists of ten articles which outline the rights of both worker and employers to 'join organisations of their own choosing without previous authorisation.' Rights are also extended to the organizations themselves to draw up rules and constitutions, vote for officers, and organize administrative functions without interference from public authorities. These considerations include the preamble to the Constitution of the International Labour Organization the affirmation of the Declaration of Philadelphia in regard to the issue and the request by the General Assembly of the United Nations, upon endorsing the previously received report of 1947, to 'continue every effort in order that it may be possible to adopt one or several international Conventions.' In closing, the preamble states the date of adoption: July 9, 1948. A statement of the 'considerations' leading to the establishment of the document. The preamble consists of the formal introduction of the instrument, at the Thirty-first Session of the General Conference of the International Labour Organization, on 17 June 1948. The Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention comprises the preamble followed by four parts with a total of 21 articles.

The Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) No 87 is an International Labour Organization Convention, and one of eight conventions that form the core of international labour law, as interpreted by the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. International Labour Organization Conventionįreedom of Association Convention Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organiseĭirector-General of the International Labour Office

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