Convention concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively.

General information

• Entry into force: 18-07-1951

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 22-12-1994

Party

Albania

• Ratification: 03-06-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-06-1958

Algeria

• Ratification: 19-10-1962 (Su)
• Entry into force: 03-07-1962

Angola

• Ratification: 04-06-1976 (Su)
• Entry into force: 11-11-1975

Antigua and Barbuda

• Ratification: 02-02-1983 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-02-1984

Argentina

• Ratification: 24-09-1956 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-09-1957

Armenia

• Ratification: 12-11-2003 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-11-2004

Australia

• Ratification: 28-02-1973 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-02-1974
• New Guinea (< 16-09-1975)
  Entry into force: 21-06-1974
  Termination: 16-09-1975Norfolk Island
  Entry into force: 15-06-1974Papua (< 16-09-1975)
  Entry into force: 21-06-1974
  Termination: 16-09-1975

Austria

• Ratification: 10-11-1951 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-11-1952

Azerbaijan

• Ratification: 19-05-1992 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-05-1993

Bahamas

• Ratification: 25-05-1976 (Su)
• Entry into force: 10-07-1973

Bangladesh

• Ratification: 22-06-1972 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-06-1973

Barbados

• Ratification: 08-05-1967 (Su)
• Entry into force: 30-11-1966

Belarus

• Ratification: 06-11-1956 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-11-1957

Belgium

• Ratification: 10-12-1953 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-12-1954

Belize

• Ratification: 15-12-1983 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1984

Benin

• Ratification: 16-05-1968 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-05-1969

Bolivia

• Ratification: 15-11-1973 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-11-1974

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Ratification: 02-06-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 06-03-1992

Botswana

• Ratification: 22-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-12-1998

Brazil

• Ratification: 18-11-1952 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-11-1953

Bulgaria

• Ratification: 08-06-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-06-1960

Burkina Faso

• Ratification: 16-04-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1963

Burundi

• Ratification: 10-10-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-10-1998

Cabo Verde

• Ratification: 03-04-1979 (Su)
• Entry into force: 05-07-1975

Cambodia

• Ratification: 23-08-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-08-2000

Cameroon

• Ratification: 03-09-1962 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1960

Canada

• Ratification: 14-06-2017 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-06-2018

Central African Republic

• Ratification: 09-06-1964 (R)
• Entry into force: 09-06-1965

Chad

• Ratification: 08-06-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-06-1962

Chile

• Ratification: 01-02-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-02-2000

Colombia

• Ratification: 16-11-1976 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-11-1977

Comoros

• Ratification: 23-10-1978 (Su)
• Entry into force: 06-07-1975

Costa Rica

• Ratification: 02-06-1960 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-06-1961

Côte d'Ivoire

• Ratification: 05-05-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-05-1962

Croatia

• Ratification: 08-10-1991 (Su)
• Entry into force: 08-10-1991

Cuba

• Ratification: 29-04-1952 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-04-1953

Cyprus

• Ratification: 24-05-1966 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-05-1967

Czech Republic

• Ratification: 01-01-1993 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1993

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Ratification: 16-06-1969 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-06-1970

Denmark

• Ratification: 15-08-1955 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-08-1956
• Faroes
  Entry into force: 28-09-1961

Djibouti

• Ratification: 03-08-1978 (Su)
• Entry into force: 27-06-1977

Dominica

• Ratification: 28-02-1983 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-02-1984

Dominican Republic

• Ratification: 22-09-1953 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-09-1954

Ecuador

• Ratification: 28-05-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-05-1960

Egypt

• Ratification: 03-07-1954 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-07-1955

El Salvador

• Ratification: 06-09-2006 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-09-2007

Equatorial Guinea

• Ratification: 13-08-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-08-2002

Eritrea

• Ratification: 22-02-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-02-2001

Estonia

• Ratification: 22-03-1994 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-03-1995

Eswatini

• Ratification: 26-04-1978 (Su)
• Entry into force: 06-09-1968

Ethiopia

• Ratification: 04-06-1963 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-06-1964

Fiji

• Ratification: 19-04-1974 (Su)
• Entry into force: 10-10-1970

Finland

• Ratification: 22-12-1951 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-12-1952

France

• Ratification: 26-10-1951 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-10-1952
• French Guiana
  Entry into force: 27-04-1956Guadeloupe
  Entry into force: 27-04-1956Martinique
  Entry into force: 27-04-1956Réunion
  Entry into force: 27-04-1956

Gabon

• Ratification: 29-05-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-05-1962

Gambia, The

• Ratification: 04-09-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-09-2001

Georgia

• Ratification: 22-06-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 09-04-1991

Germany

• Ratification: 08-06-1956 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-06-1957

Ghana

• Ratification: 02-07-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-07-1960

Greece

• Ratification: 30-03-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-03-1963

Grenada

• Ratification: 09-07-1979 (Su)
• Entry into force: 07-02-1974

Guatemala

• Ratification: 13-02-1952 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-02-1953

Guinea

• Ratification: 26-03-1959 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-03-1960

Guinea-Bissau

• Ratification: 21-02-1977 (Su)
• Entry into force: 24-09-1973

Guyana

• Ratification: 08-06-1966 (Su)
• Entry into force: 26-05-1966

Haïti

• Ratification: 12-04-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-04-1958

Honduras

• Ratification: 27-06-1956 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-06-1957

Hungary

• Ratification: 06-06-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-06-1958

Iceland

• Ratification: 15-07-1952 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1953

Indonesia

• Ratification: 15-07-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1958

Iraq

• Ratification: 27-11-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-11-1963

Ireland

• Ratification: 04-06-1955 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-06-1956

Israel

• Ratification: 28-01-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-01-1958

Italy

• Ratification: 13-05-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-05-1959

Jamaica

• Ratification: 26-12-1962 (Su)
• Entry into force: 06-08-1962

Japan

• Ratification: 20-10-1953 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-10-1954

Jordan

• Ratification: 12-12-1968 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-12-1969

Kazakhstan

• Ratification: 18-05-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-05-2002

Kenya

• Ratification: 13-01-1964 (Su)
• Entry into force: 12-12-1963

Kiribati

• Ratification: 03-02-2000 (Su)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2001

Kuwait

• Ratification: 09-08-2007 (R)
• Entry into force: 09-08-2008

Kyrgyzstan

• Ratification: 31-03-1992 (R)
• Entry into force: 31-03-1993

Latvia

• Ratification: 27-01-1992 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-01-1993

Lebanon

• Ratification: 01-06-1977 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-06-1978

Lesotho

• Ratification: 31-10-1966 (Su)
• Entry into force: 04-10-1966

Liberia

• Ratification: 25-05-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-05-1963

Libya

• Ratification: 20-06-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-06-1963

Lithuania

• Ratification: 26-09-1994 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-09-1995

Luxembourg

• Ratification: 03-03-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-03-1959

Madagascar

• Ratification: 03-06-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-06-1999

Malawi

• Ratification: 22-03-1965 (Su)
• Entry into force: 06-07-1964

Malaysia

• Ratification: 05-06-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-06-1962

Maldives

• Ratification: 04-01-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-01-2014

Mali

• Ratification: 02-03-1964 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-03-1965

Malta

• Ratification: 04-01-1965 (Su)
• Entry into force: 21-09-1964

Mauritania

• Ratification: 03-12-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-12-2002

Mauritius

• Ratification: 02-12-1969 (Su)
• Entry into force: 12-03-1968

Mexico

• Ratification: 23-11-2018 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-11-2019

Moldova

• Ratification: 12-08-1996 (Su)
• Entry into force: 27-08-1991

Mongolia

• Ratification: 03-06-1969 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-06-1970

Montenegro

• Ratification: 03-06-2006 (Su)
• Entry into force: 03-06-2006

Morocco

• Ratification: 20-05-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-05-1958

Mozambique

• Ratification: 23-12-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-12-1997

Namibia

• Ratification: 03-01-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-01-1996

Nepal

• Ratification: 11-11-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-11-1997

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Ratification: 22-12-1993 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-12-1994

New Zealand

• Ratification: 09-06-2003 (R)
• Entry into force: 09-06-2004

Nicaragua

• Ratification: 31-10-1967 (R)
• Entry into force: 31-10-1968

Niger

• Ratification: 23-03-1962 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-03-1963

Nigeria

• Ratification: 17-10-1960 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-10-1960

North Macedonia

• Ratification: 17-11-1991 (Su)
• Entry into force: 17-11-1991

Norway

• Ratification: 17-02-1955 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-02-1956

Pakistan

• Ratification: 26-05-1952 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-05-1953

Panama

• Ratification: 16-05-1966 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-05-1967

Papua New Guinea

• Ratification: 01-05-1976 (Su)
• Entry into force: 16-09-1975

Paraguay

• Ratification: 21-03-1966 (R)
• Entry into force: 21-03-1967

Peru

• Ratification: 13-03-1964 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-03-1965

Philippines

• Ratification: 29-12-1953 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-12-1954

Poland

• Ratification: 25-02-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-02-1958

Portugal

• Ratification: 01-07-1964 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-07-1965

Republic of Korea, the

• Ratification: 20-04-2021 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-04-2022

Republic of the Congo

• Ratification: 26-11-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-11-2000

Romania

• Ratification: 26-11-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-11-1959

Russian Federation

• Ratification: 10-08-1956 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-08-1957

Rwanda

• Ratification: 08-11-1988 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-11-1989

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Ratification: 04-09-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-09-2001

Saint Lucia

• Ratification: 14-05-1980 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-05-1981

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Ratification: 21-10-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 21-10-1999

Samoa

• Ratification: 30-06-2008 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-06-2009

San Marino

• Ratification: 19-12-1986 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-12-1987

São Tomé e Principe

• Ratification: 17-06-1992 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-06-1993

Senegal

• Ratification: 28-07-1961 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1962

Serbia

• Ratification: 24-11-2000 (Su)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1992

Seychelles

• Ratification: 04-10-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-10-2000

Sierra Leone

• Ratification: 13-06-1961 (Su)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1961

Singapore

• Ratification: 25-10-1965 (Su)
• Entry into force: 09-08-1965

Slovakia

• Ratification: 01-01-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1993

Slovenia

• Ratification: 29-05-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-06-1991

Solomon Islands

• Ratification: 13-04-2012 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-04-2013

Somalia

• Ratification: 20-03-2014 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-03-2015

South Africa

• Ratification: 19-02-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-02-1997

Spain

• Ratification: 20-04-1977 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-04-1978

Sri Lanka

• Ratification: 13-12-1972 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-12-1973

Sudan

• Ratification: 18-06-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-06-1958

Suriname

• Ratification: 05-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-06-1997

Sweden

• Ratification: 18-07-1950 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-07-1951

Switzerland

• Ratification: 17-08-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-08-2000

Syria

• Ratification: 07-06-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-06-1958

Tajikistan

• Ratification: 26-11-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 09-09-1991

Tanzania

• Ratification: 30-01-1962 (Su)
• Entry into force: 26-04-1964

Timor-Leste

• Ratification: 16-06-2009 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-06-2010

Togo

• Ratification: 08-11-1983 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-11-1984

Trinidad and Tobago

• Ratification: 24-05-1963 (Su)
• Entry into force: 31-08-1962

Tunisia

• Ratification: 15-05-1957 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-05-1958

Türkiye

• Ratification: 23-01-1952 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-01-1953

Turkmenistan

• Ratification: 15-05-1997 (Su)
• Entry into force: 27-10-1991

Uganda

• Ratification: 04-06-1963 (Su)
• Entry into force: 09-10-1962

Ukraine

• Ratification: 14-09-1956 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-09-1957

United Kingdom

• Ratification: 30-06-1950 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-07-1951
• Aden (< 30-11-1967)
  Entry into force: 19-06-1959
  Termination: 30-11-1967Antigua and Barbuda (< 01-11-1981)
  Entry into force: 15-01-1964
  Termination: 01-11-1981Bahamas (< 10-07-1973)
  Entry into force: 11-04-1963
  Termination: 10-07-1973Barbados (< 30-11-1966)
  Entry into force: 13-04-1965
  Termination: 30-11-1966Belize (< 21-09-1981)
  Entry into force: 29-12-1959
  Termination: 21-09-1981Bermuda
  Entry into force: 15-01-1964British North Borneo (< 16-09-1963)
  Entry into force: 29-12-1959
  Termination: 16-09-1963British Virgin Islands
  Entry into force: 12-06-1965Brunei (< 01-01-1984)
  Entry into force: 05-10-1963
  Termination: 01-01-1984Dominica (< 03-11-1978)
  Entry into force: 29-12-1959
  Termination: 03-11-1978Falkland Islands
  Entry into force: 18-02-1964Fiji (< 10-10-1970)
  Entry into force: 24-09-1966
  Termination: 10-10-1970Gambia, The (< 18-02-1965)
  Entry into force: 24-01-1963
  Termination: 18-02-1965Gibraltar
  Entry into force: 19-06-1959Grenada (< 07-02-1974)
  Entry into force: 29-12-1959
  Termination: 07-02-1974Guernsey
  Entry into force: 18-07-1951Guiana (< 26-05-1966)
  Entry into force: 19-06-1959
  Termination: 26-05-1966Jamaica (< 06-08-1962)
  Entry into force: 29-12-1959
  Termination: 06-08-1962Jersey
  Entry into force: 18-07-1951Kenya (< 12-12-1963)
  Entry into force: 29-03-1962
  Termination: 12-12-1963Kiribati (< 12-07-1979)
  Entry into force: 15-08-1968
  Termination: 12-07-1979Lesotho (< 04-10-1966)
  Entry into force: 03-10-1967
  Termination: 04-10-1966Malawi (< 01-01-1964)
  Entry into force: 01-06-1961
  Termination: 01-01-1964Malta (< 21-09-1964)
  Entry into force: 08-03-1962
  Termination: 21-09-1964Man, Isle of
  Entry into force: 18-07-1951Mauritius (< 12-03-1968)
  Entry into force: 29-12-1959
  Termination: 12-03-1968Montserrat
  Entry into force: 26-11-1963Nigeria (< 01-10-1960)
  Entry into force: 19-06-1959
  Termination: 01-10-1960Saint Kitts and Nevis (< 19-11-1983)
  Entry into force: 04-02-1964
  Termination: 19-11-1983Saint Lucia (< 22-02-1979)
  Entry into force: 29-12-1959
  Termination: 22-02-1979Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (<27-10-1979)
  Entry into force: 29-12-1959
  Termination: 27-10-2979Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  Entry into force: 17-06-1967Sarawak (< 16-09-1963)
  Entry into force: 29-12-1959
  Termination: 16-09-1963Sierra Leone (< 27-04-1961)
  Entry into force: 19-06-1959
  Termination: 27-04-1961Singapore (< 16-09-1963)
  Entry into force: 13-03-1962
  Termination: 16-09-1963Swaziland (< 06-09-1968)
  Entry into force: 20-11-1964
  Termination: 06-09-1968Tanganyika (< 09-12-1961)
  Entry into force: 22-11-1961
  Termination: 09-12-1961Trinidad and Tobago (< 31-08-1962)
  Entry into force: 19-06-1959
  Termination: 31-08-1962Tuvalu (< 01-10-1978)
  Entry into force: 15-08-1968
  Termination: 01-10-1978Uganda (< 09-10-1962)
  Entry into force: 17-03-1960
  Termination: 09-10-1962Zambia (< 01-01-1964)
  Entry into force: 26-08-1959
  Termination: 01-01-1964Zanzibar (< 26-04-1964)
  Entry into force: 08-03-1961
  Termination: 26-04-1964

Uruguay

• Ratification: 18-03-1954 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-03-1955

Uzbekistan

• Ratification: 13-07-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-09-1991

Vanuatu

• Ratification: 28-08-2006 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-08-2007

Venezuela

• Ratification: 19-12-1968 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-12-1969

Vietnam

• Ratification: 05-07-2019 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-07-2020

Yemen

• Ratification: 14-04-1969 (Su)
• Entry into force: 30-11-1967

Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)

• Ratification: 23-07-1958 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-07-1959

Zambia

• Ratification: 02-09-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-09-1997

Zimbabwe

• Ratification: 27-08-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-08-1999