Global Rights Index 2014 - Burundi
| Publisher | International Trade Union Confederation |
| Publication Date | 19 May 2014 |
| Cite as | International Trade Union Confederation, Global Rights Index 2014 - Burundi, 19 May 2014, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/53bcf9c314.html [accessed 28 May 2023] |
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Country Rating: 3
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Regular violation of rights
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Government and/or companies are regularly interfering in collective labour rights or are failling to fully guarantee important aspects of these rights. There are deficiencies in laws and/or certain practices which make frequent violations possible.
Journalists and informal workers are prevented from establishing unions: Journalists have been trying to register their union for more than one year but were refused by the Ministry. Five informal sector unions are waiting for their registration.
The law prohibits anti-union discrimination, but does not provide adequate means of protection against it.
Law No. 1/015 of 29 November 2002, which regulates the right to organise and the right to strike, stipulates that for civil servants' unions to be recognised, they must be registered with the Civil Service Ministry, which is their employer.
