International Labour Law Archives

The Right Result, the Wrong Reasoning?

28.09.2026

Sumedha Pradhan Sourabh Bohra

Does the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (Convention No. 87), which never mentions strikes, still protect the right to strike? On May 21,...

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Can the ILO Interpret Differently?

19.09.2026

Radhika Gupta

During the drafting of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 (‘VCLT’ or ‘the Convention’), Sir Humphrey Waldock famously remarked that treaty interpretation is “to some extent an...

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(Un)Common Understandings

30.07.2026

Julius Christoph Nippert Simon Geiersbach

On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice (the Court) issued its opinion on the Right to Strike, for which the Court was concerned with the question of whether...

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Winning the Right, Losing the Protection?

30.06.2026

Jonah Godswill

On May 21 2026, the International Court of Justice delivered its advisory opinion on the interpretation of ILO Convention No. 87, addressing whether the Convention protects a right to strike....