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- 46. This case was examined by the Committee at its May 1965 Session, at which time it submitted interim conclusions to the Governing Body, which are to be found in paragraphs 32 to 40 of its 84th Report, approved by the Governing Body at its 162nd Session (May-June 1965).
A. A. The complainants' allegations
A. A. The complainants' allegations
- 47. The allegations referred to the text of an Act promulgated in 1964 which prohibited the affiliation of trade unions with international trade union Confederations and authorised the dissolution by decree of organisations which failed to conform to this prohibition. The Committee's recommendations, set forth in paragraph 40 of its aimed at drawing the Government's attention to the principle according to which any organisation, federation or Confederation should have the right to affiliate with international organisations of workers or employers, and to the principle according to which workers' and employers' organisations should not be liable to be dissolved or suspended by administrative authority, both of which are embodied in the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), ratified by the Republic of Upper Volta. They were aimed also at urging the Government to take all necessary measures to ensure that both its practice and its legislation were in conformity with the provisions of that Convention, keeping the Governing Body informed of its action in this connection.
B. B. The Committee's conclusions
B. B. The Committee's conclusions
- 48. There has been a development concerning this matter, in the course of the examination by the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations of the application of the Convention in question in Upper Volta. The Committee of Experts noted with satisfaction that " Ordinance No. 68 043/PRES/TFP of 2 November 1968 has repealed Act No. 1/64/AN of 24 April 1964, which prohibited the affiliation of national trade unions to international trade unions ".
The Committee's recommendations
The Committee's recommendations
- 49. In these circumstances, in view of the fact that the legislative provisions which gave rise to the complaint have been repealed, the Committee considers that this case does not call for further examination, and recommends the Governing Body so to decide.
