Article 3
Machinery appropriate to national conditions shall be established, where necessary, for the
purpose of ensuring respect for the right to organise as defined in the preceding Articles.
Article 4
Measures appropriate to national conditions shall be taken, where necessary, to encourage
and promote the full development and utilisation of machinery for voluntary negotiation
between employers or employers' organisations and workers' organisations, with a view to
the regulation of terms and conditions of employment by means of collective agreements.
Article 5
1. The extent to which the guarantees provided for in this Convention shall apply to the
armed forces and the police shall be determined by national laws or regulations.
2. In accordance with the principle set forth in paragraph 8 of Article 19 of the Constitution
of the International Labour Organisation the ratification of this Convention by any Member
shall not be deemed to affect any existing law, award, custom or agreement in virtue of
which members of the armed forces or the police enjoy any right guaranteed by this
Convention.
Article 6
This Convention does not deal with the position of public servants engaged in the
administration of the State, nor shall it be construed as prejudicing their rights or status in
any way.
Article 7
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the Director‐General of
the International Labour Office for registration.
Article 8
1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International Labour
Organisation whose ratifications have been registered with the Director‐General.
2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications of two
Members have been registered with the Director‐General.
3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after
the date on which its ratification has been registered.
Article 9