ITF WELCOMES ICJ RULING CONFIRMING THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO STRIKE UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
Today the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the Right to Strike
under ILO Convention No. 87, ruling that the right to strike of workers and
their organisations is protected as an essential component of freedom of
association.
ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton said:
Transport workers keep the world moving and today, the International
Court of Justice has confirmed our right to strike is protected under
Convention 87 as fundamental to freedom of association.
“This ruling is a critical moment to reinforce multilateralism,
tripartism and social dialogue – and it is welcomed by millions of transport
workers and their unions the world over, who have long fought to defend their
jobs, their safety, their lives and their fundamental right to withdraw their
labour."
The ITF congratulates the ITUC, our sister global unions and all the
workers' organisations that made this moment possible.
Please see the full statement from the ITUC here and below, and full ruling and press release from the ICJ for further
information.
ITUC welcomes ICJ confirmation that the right to strike is protected
under ILO Convention 87
The ITUC welcomes the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice,
confirming that the right to strike is protected under International Labour Organization Convention No. 87 on
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise.
The International Court of Justice has an important constitutional role
to play in the institutional governance of the ILO, and the Court has
effectively discharged this role making an invaluable contribution to the ILO
and multilateralism more broadly.
The Court’s opinion reaffirms decades of consistent international labour
jurisprudence and restores legal certainty and credibility within the
international labour standards system.
The right to strike is an essential component of freedom of association
and a fundamental means through which workers defend their interests, secure
decent work and contribute to democratic societies.
The ITUC stresses that today’s opinion is important not only for workers
and trade unions, but also for governments and responsible businesses. Legal
clarity and predictability on such a critical aspect of international labour
law and the ILO standards supervisory system are indispensable for stable
industrial relations and effective social dialogue.
The advisory opinion is therefore a victory for the ILO and its
governance structures.
The follow-up to this ruling will have to be carried out by the ILO. The
ITUC expects that all constituents will undertake this exercise in a
constructive spirit and in good faith, with the aim of ensuring that the ILO
supervisory system fully resumes its work in guiding governments in their
application of Convention 87, including with regard to the right to strike,
while continuing to benefit from the ILO’s unique expertise and tripartite
structure.
“We thank the world court for this advisory opinion. The Court has
confirmed that international law supports the longstanding understanding shared
not only by unions, but across large parts of the ILO system for decades,"
said ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle.
“This is an important moment for legal certainty, for social justice and
for the credibility of the international labour standards system.”
The ITUC calls on all ILO constituents to move forward in a spirit of
constructive cooperation and renewed commitment to freedom of association,
collective bargaining and social dialogue.
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