C 11 RIGHT OF ASSOCIATION (AGRICULTURE) CONVENTION, 1921

CONVENTION CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF ASSOCIATION AND COMBINATION OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

(Geneva, 12 November 1921)

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 11 MAY 1923

Depositary : Director-General of the International Labour Organisation

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.