Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Belarus (Ratification: 1956)

Follow-up to the conclusions of the Committee on the Application of Standards (International Labour Conference, 112th Session, June 2024)

Follow-up to the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry appointed under article 26 of the Constitution of the ILO

The Committee recalls that in its June 2023 Resolution concerning the measures recommended by the Governing Body under article 33 of the ILO Constitution on the subject of Belarus, the International Labour Conference urged the Government of Belarus to receive as a matter of urgency an ILO tripartite mission with a view to gathering information on the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry and subsequent recommendations of the supervisory bodies of the ILO, including a visit to the independent trade union leaders and activists in prison or detention. The Conference decided to hold at its future sessions a special sitting of the Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference (Conference Committee) for the purpose of discussing the application of the Convention by the Government and the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry, so long as the Government has not been shown to have fulfilled its obligations.

The Committee takes note of the conclusions adopted by the Conference Committee in June 2024 following the discussion on the application of Conventions Nos 87 and 98. The Committee deplores the continuing deterioration of freedom of association in the country, as detailed in its comment on the application of Convention No. 87, and notes with deep regret that in its report, the Government once again merely reiterates the information it had previously provided and indicates that the legislation and practice are in compliance with the Convention. With reference to its comment on the application of Convention No. 87, the Committee once again urges the Government to engage with the ILO with a view to fully implementing all outstanding recommendations of the ILO supervisory bodies without further delay. In this respect, the Committee urges the Government to receive without further delay an ILO tripartite mission with a view to assessing the situation, as requested by the Conference Committee.