Human and trade union rights

16 April JOE AJAERO AWARDED ARTHUR SVENSSON PRIZE FOR TRADE UNION RIGHTS 2026

At the ITUC Global Pre-International Labour Conference (ILC) Meeting held in Brussels, Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), was today announced as the recipient of the Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights 2026.

Statements Human and trade union rights Nigeria

13 April Letter to His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. The President of the Republic of Liberia Monrovia, Liberia

Ensuring Freedom of Association Rights to Public Sector and Maritime Workers in Liberia, as consistent with the Nation’s Constitution and International Labour Standards

Human and trade union rights Protest letters Liberia

30 March ITUC and ITUC-Africa Commend Ghana’s Leadership on UN Resolution on Transatlantic Slavery and Calls for African Unity in the AU Year of Reparations

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and its African Regional Organisation ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) commend the Government of the Republic of Ghana for its leadership at the United Nations General Assembly in advancing the resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the (…)

Human and trade union rights Message of gratitude Ghana

30 March OPEN LETTER From African Workers To Kemi Badenoch on Rejecting the Denial of Historical Justice and Reaffirming the Call for Reparations

We write to you as African workers, under the banner of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa), to express our deep concern and unequivocal condemnation of your recent position opposing the United Nations resolution on slavery and reparations.

Human and trade union rights Protest letters

3 March Racism Has No Place in Football — Or Anywhere

The racist attack against Vinícius Júnior of Real Madrid Football Club, reportedly linked to supporters of and a player associated with Benfica, is not just an insult to one player. It is an insult to all people of African descent and to every worker who confronts racism in daily life.

Human and trade union rights Protest letters

24 February SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO’S MUNICH EMPIRE SPEECH AND ITS THREATS TO AFRICA’S SOVEREIGNTY, DIGNITY, AND FUTURE: A CLARION CALL TO AFRICA AND AFRICANS TO UNITE AND DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THIS RENEWED ONSLAUGHT

Comrades, brothers and sisters of Africa, We write to you as workers speaking to workers — plainly, honestly, and with responsibility. This is not a message of fear or conspiracy, but of awareness. History teaches us that when African workers are informed, organised, and united, the continent (…)

Statements Human and trade union rights

14 February End the Embargo Against Cuba: African Workers Stand in Solidarity with the People and Workers of Cuba

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-AFRICA, www.ituc-africa.org), representing over 18 million working men and women across Africa, expresses firm solidarity with the people and workers of Cuba. We stand with them in the face of hardship and (…)

Statements Human and trade union rights

6 February THE RUBAYA MINE DISASTER IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: ONE DISASTER TOO MANY AND A CALL FOR BETTER MINING PRACTICES

The African regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (www.ituc-africa.org) expresses its profound grief following the catastrophic mine collapse at Rubaya, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on 28 January 2026, which has claimed over 400 lives.

Statements Human and trade union rights Democratic Republic of Congo Occupational Health and Safety

3 February ITUC-Africa Statement in Solidarity with TUCA and the Trade Union Movement in Panama

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) expresses its full solidarity with the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) following the arbitrary detention and expulsion of Comrade Marcelo Di Stefano, TUCA’s Secretary for Trade Union (…)

Statements Human and trade union rights

30 January NLC - TUC JOINT PRESS STATEMENT : DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS WITH COURAGE AND DIGNITY: WE ARE WITH YOU

Today, we (NLC and TUC) find it necessary to issue a joint statement of support in solidarity with the workers of Federal Capital Territory who have been shabbily treated by the Minister of FCT, Mr Wike and rubber-stamped by an Abuja National Industrial Court in a one-sided ruling intended to (…)

Statements Human and trade union rights Nigeria

5 January ITUC-Africa Statement of Solidarity with the Workers and People of Venezuela

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa, www.ituc-africa.org) expresses its full solidarity with the workers and people of Venezuela. ITUC-Africa aligns itself with the Joint Statement issued on 3 January 2026 by the International Trade Union (…)

Statements Human and trade union rights Peace And Security

10 December 2025 Fix Our Everyday Essentials: African Workers’ Statement on Human Rights Day 2025

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa, www.ituc-africa.org ), representing over 18 million workers across the continent, marks Human Rights Day 2025 and the 77th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) at a moment (…)

Statements Human and trade union rights

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16 April JOE AJAERO AWARDED ARTHUR SVENSSON PRIZE FOR TRADE UNION RIGHTS 2026

13 April Letter to His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. The President of the Republic of Liberia Monrovia, Liberia

30 March ITUC and ITUC-Africa Commend Ghana’s Leadership on UN Resolution on Transatlantic Slavery and Calls for African Unity in the AU Year of Reparations

30 March OPEN LETTER From African Workers To Kemi Badenoch on Rejecting the Denial of Historical Justice and Reaffirming the Call for Reparations

3 March Racism Has No Place in Football — Or Anywhere

24 February SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO’S MUNICH EMPIRE SPEECH AND ITS THREATS TO AFRICA’S SOVEREIGNTY, DIGNITY, AND FUTURE: A CLARION CALL TO AFRICA AND AFRICANS TO UNITE AND DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THIS RENEWED ONSLAUGHT

14 February End the Embargo Against Cuba: African Workers Stand in Solidarity with the People and Workers of Cuba

6 February THE RUBAYA MINE DISASTER IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: ONE DISASTER TOO MANY AND A CALL FOR BETTER MINING PRACTICES

3 February ITUC-Africa Statement in Solidarity with TUCA and the Trade Union Movement in Panama

30 January NLC - TUC JOINT PRESS STATEMENT : DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS WITH COURAGE AND DIGNITY: WE ARE WITH YOU

5 January ITUC-Africa Statement of Solidarity with the Workers and People of Venezuela

10 December 2025 Fix Our Everyday Essentials: African Workers’ Statement on Human Rights Day 2025

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THANK YOU NOTE: 5th ITUC-Africa Delegates Congress Successful participation

In PDF: Thank you note - Fifth Congress ITUC-Africa (PDF-208.3 KiB)

Global Rights Index 2020 documents

Infographics of ITUC - Global Rights Index 2020 (PDF-4 MiB)

PDF / ITUC Global Rights Index 2020 (PDF-10.8 MiB)

ITUC-Africa condemns police’s attack on striking Hwange Colliery mine workers’ wives

Document-1206 (PDF-351.4 KiB)

AU Human Rights Commission urged “To rein in impunity and crimes committed against journalists”

AU Human Rights Commission urged “To rein in impunity and crimes committed against journalists” (PDF-159.2 KiB)

DECLARATION OF ITUC-Africa ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL OF CNTG - GUINEA

DECLARATION of ITUC-Africa (PDF-282.4 KiB)

ITUC Calls for UN to Step Up Africa Famine Action

Document-705 (PDF-149.7 KiB)

Call for fully-fledged human and trade union rights in Swaziland

en. call for human rights in Swaziland (PDF-308.9 KiB)

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