REPRESENTATION (article 24) - TURKEY - C087, C158 - 2018

Reports of the two Committees set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Turkey of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) and the Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158), made under article 24 of the ILO Constitution by the Action Workers’ Union Confederation (Aksiyon Is)

Decision

1. The Governing Body:
   • (a) on the recommendation of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Turkey of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87):
     • (i) approved the report of the Committee in Appendix I of document GB.341/INS/13/5;
     • (ii) requested the Government to take into account in the context of the application of Convention No. 87, the observations made in paragraphs 17–31 of the Committee’s conclusions and in particular, in paragraph 31, wherein the Committee urged the Government that a full, independent and impartial review be made with regard to all those workers who suffered from reprisals and retaliatory acts for their membership in the dissolved unions;
     • (iii) invited the Government to provide information in that respect for examination by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR); and
     • (iv) made the report publicly available and closed the representation procedure.
   • (b) on the recommendation of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Turkey of the Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158):
     • (i) approved the report of the Committee in Appendix II of document GB.341/INS/13/5;
     • (ii) requested the Government to take into account, in the context of the application of Convention No. 158, the observations made in paragraphs 34 and 35 of the Committee’s conclusions;
     • (iii) invited the Government to provide information in that respect for examination and further monitoring, as appropriate, by the CEACR; and
     • (iv) made the report publicly available and closed the representation procedure.

1. (Document GB.341/INS/13/5, March 2021)