Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Mali (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report contains no reply to its previous comments. Consequently, it is bound to repeat those comments, which read as follows:

Article 2 of the Convention. Right of workers, without distinction whatsoever, to establish organizations of their own choosing. In previous comments, the Committee noted that section 236 of the Labour Code of 1992 does not allow minors under 16 years of age to join trade unions and that it provides that the fathers, mothers or guardians of minors over 16 years of age may oppose their joining trade unions. It recalled that the Convention guarantees to all workers, without distinction whatsoever, the right to establish and join organizations. In its latest report, the Government undertakes to amend this section during the forthcoming revision of the Labour Code in order to bring its legislation into full conformity with the Convention. The Committee notes this information and requests the Government to keep it informed of any new developments towards the removal of all obstacles to the exercise of the right to organize by minors who have access to the labour market, either as workers or as apprentices, without the need for parental authorization.