Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

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

The Committee notes the observations of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), received on 1 September 2016, regarding, inter alia: (i) restrictions on trade unions from establishing federations or confederations or affiliating with higher level national or international organizations under Decree No. 2006-132 of 26 March 2006 defining the various forms of trade unions and representativity criteria; (ii) obligatory recourse to arbitration or to a particularly long conciliation or mediation procedure before any strike can be called; and (iii) the obligation to notify the duration of a strike and the particularly long list of basic services for which the right to strike is prohibited, under Act No. 2001-09 of 21 June 2002 on the exercise of the right to strike. The Committee requests the Government to provide its comments in response to the ITUC’s observations.