Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Tunisia (Ratification: 1957)

The Committee takes due note of the information provided by the Government in its report to the effect that there has been no reported case in practice resulting in incapacity or disqualification through the application of section 251 of the Labour Code.

In this regard, the Committee recalls the importance of the principle that a conviction for an act, the nature of which is not such as to call into question the integrity of the person concerned and is not such as to be prejudicial to the exercise of trade union functions, should not constitute grounds for disqualification from holding trade union office. The Committee is of the view that incapacity or disqualification from holding trade union office should be limited to persons convicted for acts which call into question the integrity of the person concerned and pose a serious risk to the exercise of trade union functions. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed in its future reports of any progress in this regard.