Protection of the Human Rights of Arrested or Detained Trade Union Activists

A/RES/33/169View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12 Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1979.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Human Rights Trade Union Activists Trade Union Rights

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the importance of protecting the right to freedom of association as an essential prerequisite for the conduct of any trade union activities;

Recommends that special attention should be paid to the violations of the right to freedom of association consisting of the arrest, detention or exile of persons who have engaged in trade union activities consistent with the principles of freedom of association;

Requests Member States:

To release any persons who, within their jurisdiction and contrary to the provisions of the

s9 Resolution 217 A (III).

90 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

91 See International Labour Organisation. Conventions a11d Recommendations adopted by the International Labour Conference, 1919-1966 (Geneva. International Labour Office, 1966).

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above-mentioned international instruments, may be under arrest or detention on account of trade union activities;

To ensure that, pending the release of such ( b) persons, their fundamental rights are fully protected, including the right not to be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the right to receive a fair hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal in the determination of any criminal charge against them;

( c) To take effective measures to safeguard and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of trade union leaders who are detained or imprisoned as a result of their struggle against colonialism, aggression and foreign occupation and for self-determination, independence, the elimination of apartheid and all forms of racial discrimination and racism, and for the termination of all these violations of human rights.

following Member States: ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELGIUM, BYELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUB- LIC, CANADA, GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, INDIA, KENYA, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, MOROCCO, NIGERIA, OMAN, PANAMA, PHILIPPINES, SWEDEN, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, URU- GUAY, VIET NAM, YUGOSLAVIA and ZAIRE.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

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