Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Croatia (Ratification: 1991)

The Committee notes the Government’s report. It also notes the comments of 31 August 2005 sent by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) on the application of the Convention. The Committee notes that the abovementioned comments refer to matters that the Committee has already raised and to the application of Convention No. 98.

In its previous comments, the Committee referred to the distribution of trade unions’ assets. It notes from the information sent by the Government that the President of the Government met with representatives of the unions on 12 July 2005 to discuss the legal status and potential manner of distributing union resources. At the meeting, the following conclusions were adopted: (1) the Central State Office for the Management of State Property, other state bodies and representatives of the union head offices undertook to establish a list of real estate properties, on the basis of suitable documentation, to be distributed among unions, and determine a suitable legal solution for the distribution of union property; and (2) the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia will deliver a list of the court proceedings, detailing the properties for the establishment of the rights of ownership, to the Office of the State Attorney for the purpose of immobilizing them pending a decision by the Government on the distribution of trade union assets.

In these circumstances, the Committee asks the Government to provide information in its next report on any progress regarding the distribution of trade union assets.