Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Tajikistan (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the Government's report.

It notes in particular that, under the terms of section 23 of the Law on Voluntary Associations, trade union organizations can be dissolved or suspended only by the judicial authority. The Committee requests the Government to supply the text of the above Law.

It also requests the Government to supply a copy of the Law of 29 June 1991 regulating the organization and holding of meetings, gatherings, street processions and manifestations, to which it refers in its report.

The Committee once again requests the Government to supply a copy of the Law on Trade Unions of 12 March 1992 and of any other laws or regulations that apply the provisions of the Convention.

The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate the specific provisions which guarantee the right of employers to organize and to provide the relevant texts.

Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to state whether the former provisions of the Penal Code which were at the time applicable in the USSR, and particularly section 190(3), which contained significant restrictions on the exercise of the right to strike in the public transport sector, enforceable by severe sanctions, including sentences of imprisonment for up to three years, have been repealed by a specific text.

In general, the Committee requests the Government to provide copies of any laws or regulations related to the application of this Convention in order to enable it to examine their conformity with the requirements of the principles set out in the Convention.