Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects the right to
freedom of assembly
Freedom of peaceful assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right or ability of people to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue, and defend their collective or shared ide ...
and
association
Association may refer to:
*Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal
*Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
*Voluntary associatio ...
, including the right to form
trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
s, subject to certain restrictions that are "in accordance with law" and "
necessary in a democratic society".
Case law
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Communist Party of Germany v. the Federal Republic of Germany
''Communist Party of Germany v. the Federal Republic of Germany'' was a 1957 European Commission of Human Rights decision which upheld the dissolution of the Communist Party of Germany by the Federal Constitutional Court a year earlier.
Backgr ...
'' (1957)
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Plattform "Ärzte für das Leben" v. Austria'' (1988)
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Vogt v Germany
''Vogt v. Germany'' (1996) 21 EHRR 205, (17851/91) was a case decided by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 1995. The case concerned a Mrs. Vogt who was suspended from her teaching job at a public secondary school because of her past memb ...
'' (1995)
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Wilson and Palmer v United Kingdom
''Wilson v United Kingdom'' 002ECHR 552is a United Kingdom labour law and European labour law case concerning discrimination by employers against their workers who join and take action through trade unions. After a long series of appeals throug ...
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ECHR 552*''Yazar, Karatas, Aksoy and Hep v Turkey">002
ECHR 552*''Yazar, Karatas, Aksoy and Hep v Turkey'' (2003) 36 EHRR 59
*''Church of Scientology Moscow v Russia'' (2007)
*''ASLEF v United Kingdom'' (2007)
*''Bączkowski v Poland'' (2007)
*''Demir and Baykara v Turkey'' [2008
ECHR 1345
See also
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European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by t ...
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European labour law
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UK labour law
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German labour law
German labour law refers to the regulation of employment relationships and industrial partnerships in Germany.
History
*General Commission of German Trade Unions (1892–1919)
*Free Association of German Trade Unions (1897–1919)
*Weimar Constitu ...
Notes
External links
ECtHR case-law factsheet on trade unions rights
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Trade union law