This article addresses unionisation in the armed forces, an issue which has recently attracted the attention of the courts, most prominently in Europe. First, the article focuses on the organisational profiles of military structure, discussing the relationships between the exercise of union freedoms and the necessity of preserving the chain of command, the readiness of troops and their political neutrality. It concludes that some recent evolutions in military organisation have contributed to the pressure to unionise the military. Therefore, this article focuses on the legal perspective to clarify the role of international law in this issue. To this end, international treaties and courts’ or authoritative bodies’ interpretations of them are collected, analysed and compared. The article then confirms that several arguments developed in the European judicial context can be reasonably applied outside Europe, in accordance with similar or identical clauses enshrined in all international treaties addressing the issue of military unionisation. International law thus leaves room for interpretations whereby restrictions on military unionisation should not go so far as to ban union freedoms altogether. Finally, this article considers the risks inherent in military unionisation and suggests possible approaches that will facilitate a homogeneous balance between union rights and the general interests at stake.

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武装部队的工会自由：仍然是禁忌吗？

本文讨论了武装部队中的工会化问题，该问题最近引起了法院的关注，尤其是在欧洲。首先，本文关注军事结构的组织概况，讨论行使工会自由与维护指挥链的必要性、部队的战备状态及其政治中立性之间的关系。它的结论是，军事组织最近的一些演变促成了组建军队的压力。因此，本文着重从法律的角度来阐明国际法在这一问题上的作用。为此，对国际条约和法院或权威机构的解释进行了收集、分析和比较。然后，该文章确认，根据所有涉及军事联盟问题的国际条约中的类似或相同条款，在欧洲司法背景下提出的若干论点可以在欧洲以外合理地适用。因此，国际法为对军事工会的限制不应达到完全禁止工会自由的解释留下了空间。最后，本文考虑了军事工会所固有的风险，并提出了可能的方法，以促进工会权利与所涉一般利益之间的同质平衡。因此，国际法为对军事工会的限制不应达到完全禁止工会自由的解释留下了空间。最后，本文考虑了军事工会所固有的风险，并提出了可能的方法，以促进工会权利与所涉一般利益之间的同质平衡。因此，国际法为对军事工会的限制不应达到完全禁止工会自由的解释留下了空间。最后，本文考虑了军事工会所固有的风险，并提出了可能的方法，以促进工会权利与所涉一般利益之间的同质平衡。