C011 - Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 11)
Convention
concerning the Rights of Association and Combination of Agricultural Workers
(Entry into force: 11 May 1923)
Adoption: Geneva, 3rd ILC session (25 Oct 1921)
Preamble
The
General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having
been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour
Office, and having met in its Third Session on 25 October 1921, and
Having
decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the rights of
association and combination of agricultural workers, which is included in the
fourth item of the agenda of the Session, and
Having
determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international
Convention,
adopts
the following Convention, which may be cited as the Right of Association
(Agriculture) Convention, 1921, for ratification by the Members of the
International Labour Organisation in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organisation:
Article
1
Each
Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies this Convention
undertakes to secure to all those engaged in agriculture the same rights of
association and combination as to industrial workers, and to repeal any
statutory or other provisions restricting such rights in the case of those
engaged in agriculture.
Article
2
The
formal ratifications of this Convention, under the conditions set forth in the
Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, shall be communicated to
the Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration.
Article
3
- 1. This Convention shall come
into force at the date on which the ratifications of two Members of the
International Labour Organisation have been registered by the
Director-General.
- 2. It shall be binding only
upon those Members whose ratifications have been registered with the
International Labour Office.
- 3. Thereafter, the Convention
shall come into force for any member at the date on which its ratification
has been registered with the International Labour Office.
Article
4
As
soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International Labour
Organisation have been registered with the International Labour Office, the
Director-General of the International Labour Office shall so notify all the
Members of the International Labour Organisation. He shall likewise notify them
of the registration of the ratifications which may be communicated subsequently
by other Members of the Organisation.
Article
5
Subject
to the provisions of Article 3, each Member which ratifies this Convention
agrees to bring the provisions of Articles 1 into operation not later than 1
January 1924, and to take such action as may be necessary to make these
provisions effective.
Article
6
Each
Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies this Convention
engages to apply it to its colonies, possessions and protectorates, in
accordance with the provisions of Article 35 of the Constitution of the
International Labour Organisation.
Article
7
A
Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the expiration
of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes into force, by
an act communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office
for registration. Such denunciation shall not take effect until one year after
the date on which it is registered with the International Labour Office.
Article
8
At
such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the International
Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working
of this Convention and shall examine the desirability of placing on the agenda
of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.
Article
9
The French and English texts of this Convention shall both be authentic.
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