- The task of the tripartite Committee on Freedom of Association, set up by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office in 1951, is to deal with complaints of infringement of freedom of association submitted to it either by governments or by organizations of employers or workers. Since its establishment, the Committee has dealt with more than 1,800 cases of this kind, and in so doing has built up a corpus of decisions and principles covering most aspects of freedom of association and the protection of trade union rights.
- In this digest these decisions and principles are brought together in concise form for easy reference, in conformity with the request made by the International Labour Conference at its 54th Session in a resolution concerning trade union rights and their relation to civil liberties.
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