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Narrowing and Shallowing: Restricting the Right to Strike under Art. 11 ECHR in Kaya v. Türkiye and Almaz v. Türkiye

January 21, 2025

By Gaia Zanotti While Art.11 of the European Convention of Human Rights (‘ECHR’) protects the right to “form and join trade unions for the protection of [one’s] interests,” it does not explicitly address the tools trade unions may employ, like collective bargaining and collective action, including strikes. The status of the right to strike has […]