Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee had previously requested the Government to amend section 281 of the Labour Code and section 233 of the Criminal Code so as to ensure that air and railway transport sector workers could exercise the right to strike. The Committee notes that in its report the Government explains that section 281 of the Labour Code prohibits the right to strike only in the air and railway control services and that strikes are otherwise allowed in these sectors. The Government further explains that section 233 of the Criminal Code does not restrict the right of workers to strike but criminalizes violations of the public order during strikes. The Committee welcomes the clarifications provided by the Government.

The Committee notes with interest the 2006 amendment of the Act on Trade Unions repealing section 6(1), which previously prohibited trade unions from engaging in political activities.