Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

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

The Committee notes the provisions of the Law on foreigners (Law No. 9959 of 17 July 2008), and particularly article 5(4) of the Law, which recognizes the right to organize of foreign nationals subject to obtaining a residence permit. In this respect, the Committee recalls that, under the obligations deriving from Article 2 of the Convention, the Government is required to recognize to all workers, with the sole exception of members of the armed forces and the police, the right to join organizations of their own choosing. The Committee therefore requests the Government to take the required measures, where necessary through an amendment to the legislation, to ensure that all workers, including foreign workers without a residence permit, can exercise trade union rights, and particularly the right to join organizations which defend their interests as workers.