Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Cyprus (Ratification: 1966)

The Committee notes the Government’s report as well as its reply to the comments made by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU, now ITUC – the International Trade Union Confederation) dated 10 August 2006.

The Committee’s previous comments concerned the need to amend sections 79A and 79B of the Defence Regulations which grant the Council of Ministers discretionary power to prohibit strikes in the services that they consider essential. The Committee notes with satisfaction that sections 79A and 79B of the Defence Regulations are now repealed by Order No. 366/2006 published in the Official Gazette on 22 September 2006.