Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Tajikistan (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

1. Article 3 of the Convention. Right of workers’ and employers’ organizations to draw up their constitutions and rules, to elect their representatives in full freedom and to organize their administration and activities. Concerning article 4(1) of the Law on Trade Unions which provides that trade unions shall be independent in their activities and that any interference by state authorities shall not be permitted except in cases specified by law, the Committee requests the Government to specify in its next report in which cases the state authorities are allowed to interfere with trade union activities.

2. Article 3. Right to strike. Concerning article 211 of the Labour Code which provides that restrictions of the right to strike shall be subject to the provisions of legislation in force in Tajikistan, the Committee requests the Government to provide the text of the provisions relating to such restrictions. Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to state whether the former provisions of the Penal Code which were at the time applicable in the USSR, and particularly section 190(3), which contained significant restrictions on the exercise of the right to strike in the transport sector, enforceable by severe sanctions, including sentences of imprisonment for up to three years, have been repealed by a specific text.

The Committee also requests the Government to supply in its next report a copy of the Law of 29 June 1991 regulating the organization and holding of meetings, gatherings, street processions and demonstrations. In addition, the Committee requests the Government to indicate what are the legal provisions on the right to organize of employers.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.