Individual Case (CAS) - Discussion: 1987, Publication: 73rd ILC session (1987)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Ethiopia (Ratification: 1963)

The Government has communicated the following information:

It is to be recalled that the delegation of Socialist Ethiopia on several occasions had indicated that after the coming into effect of the Constitution, the legal provisions that the Committee of Experts thinks infringe Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 would be examined in the light of the said Constitution and the subsequent laws that would be enacted.

The new Ethiopian Constitution by which the Peoples' Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) is to be established and administered has now been already approved by 81 per cent of the population that were registered. It will soon be approved by the Peoples' Assembly which will soon be constituted. Elections at the primary level have already been completed.

The broad masses of Ethiopia have been able to take part actively and democratically in drafting and endorsing the Constitution through a referendum and in the preparation for the election of the members to the National Assembly. Thus the people have participated for the first time in a remarkable event in the history of our country.

The Government's reply to the various comments of the Committee of Experts will therefore be given after the constitution of the National Assembly and the promulgation of various laws later on.