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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

2.

The

public

authorities

shall

refrain

from

any

interference which would restrict this right or impede the

lawful exercise thereof.

ARTICLE 4

Workers' and employers' organisations shall not be liable

to be dissolved or suspended by administrative authority.

ARTICLE 5

Workers' and employers' organisations shall have the

right to establish and join federations and confederations

and any such organisation, federation or confederation

shall

have

the

right

to

affiliate

with

international

organisations of workers and employers.

ARTICLE 6

The provisions of articles 2, 3 and 4 hereof apply to

federations

and

confederations

of

workers'

and

employers' organisations.

ARTICLE 7

The acquisition of legal personality by workers' and

employers' organisations, federations and confederations

shall not be made subject to conditions of such a

character as to restrict the application of the provisions of

articles 2, 3 and 4 hereof.

ARTICLE 8

1. In exercising the rights provided for in this Convention

workers

and

employers

and

their

respective

organisations,

like

other

persons

or

organised

collectivities, shall respect the law of the land.

2. The law of the land shall not be such as to impair, nor

shall it be so applied as to impair, the guarantees

provided for in this Convention.

ARTICLE 9

1. The extent to which the guarantees provided for in this

Convention shall apply to the armed forces and the police

shall be determined by national laws or regulations.

2. In accordance with the principle set forth in paragraph

8 of article 19 of the Constitution of the International

Labour Organisation, the ratification of this Convention

by any Member shall not be deemed to affect any

existing law, award, custom or agreement in virtue of

which members of the armed forces or the police enjoy

any right guaranteed by this Convention.

ARTICLE 10

In this Convention the term "organisation" means any

organisation of workers or of employers for furthering and

defending the interests of workers or of employers.

PART II

Protection of the Right to Organise

ARTICLE 11

Each Member of the International Labour Organisation

for which this Convention is in force undertakes to take all

necessary

and

appropriate measures to ensure that

workers and employers may exercise freely the right to

organise.

PART III

Miscellaneous Provisions

ARTICLE 12

1. In respect of the territories referred to in article 35 of the

Constitution of the International Labour Organisation as

amended by the Constitution of the International Labour

Organisation Instrument of Amendment, 1946, other than

the territories referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said

article as so amended, each Member of the Organisation

which ratifies this Convention shall communicate to the

Director-General of the International Labour Office with

or as soon as possible after its ratification a declaration

stating:

(a) The territories in respect of which it undertakes that

the provisions of the Convention shall be applied without

modification;

(b) The territories in respect of which it undertakes that

the provisions of the Convention shall be applied subject

to

modifications,

together

with

details

of

the

said

modifications;

(c) The territories in respect of which the Convention is

inapplicable and in such cases the grounds on which it is

inapplicable;

(d) The territories in respect of which it reserves its

decision.

2. The undertakings referred to in subparagraphs (a) and

(b) of paragraph I of this article shall be deemed to be an

integral part of the ratification and shall have the force of

ratification.

3. Any Member may at any time by a subsequent

declaration cancel in whole or in part any reservations

made in its original declaration in virtue of subparagraphs

(b), (c) or (d) of paragraph I of this article.

4. Any Member may, at any time at which this Convention

is

subject

to

denunciation

in

accordance

with

the

provisions

of

article

16,

communicate

to

the

Director-General a declaration modifying in any other

respect the terms of any former declaration and stating

the present position in respect of such territories as it may

specify.

ARTICLE 13

1. Where the subject-matter of this Convention is within

the

self-governing

powers

of

any

non-metropolitan

territory, the Member responsible for the international

relations of that territory may, in agreement with the

government

of

the

territory,

communicate

to

the

Director-General of the International Labour Office a

declaration

accepting

on behalf of the territory the

obligations of this Convention.

2.

A

declaration

accepting

the

obligations

of

this

Convention

may

be

communicated

to

the

Director-General of the International Labour Office:

(a) By two or more Members of the Organisation in

respect

of

any

territory

which

is

under

their

joint

authority; or

(b) By any international authority responsible for the

administration of any territory, in virtue of the Charter of

the United Nations or otherwise, in respect of any such

territory.

3. Declarations communicated to the Director-General of

the International Labour Office in accordance with the

preceding

paragraphs

of

this

article

shall

indicate

whether the provisions of the Convention will be applied

in the territory concerned without modification or subject

to modifications; when the declaration indicates that the

provisions of the Convention will be applied subject to

modifications

it

shall

give

details

of

the

said

modifications.

4.

The

Member,

Members

or international authority

concerned may at any time by a subsequent declaration

renounce in whole or in part the right to have recourse to

any modification indicated in any former declaration.

5.

The

Member,

Members

or

international authority

concerned may, at any time at which this Convention is

subject to denunciation in accordance with the provisions

of article 16, communicate to the Director-General of the

International Labour Office a declaration modifying in

any other respect the terms of any former declaration

and

stating

the

present

position

in

respect of the

application of the Convention.

PART IV

Final Provisions

ARTICLE 14

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