An anti-torque rotor for a helicopter, comprising: - a mast, rotatable about a first axis; - a plurality of blades, hinged on said mast, extending along respective second axes transversal to said first axis and rotatable about respective said second axes to vary the respective angles of attack; - an element, sliding along said first axis with respect to said mast, integrally rotating with said mast, and operatively connected to said blades to cause the rotation of said blades about respective said second axes following a translation of said element along said axis; - a control rod, sliding axially along said first axis with respect to said mast and angularly fixed with respect to said first axis; and - a first bearing interposed between said control rod and said element, sliding along said first axis with respect to said mast and integrally with said control rod, and configured to enable the relative rotation of said element with respect to said control rod about said first axis in a correct operating condition; said first bearing, in turn, comprising: - a first ring rotatable integrally with said element about said first axis; - a second ring radially internal to said first ring with respect to said first axis and sliding integrally with said control rod along said first axis; and - a plurality of first rolling bodies, which are interposed between said first and second rings (30, 31) and adapted to roll on respective first tracks (33, 34) of said first and second rings (30, 31); - a third ring sliding integrally with said control rod along said first axis and angularly fixed with respect to said first axis; - a plurality of second rolling bodies, which are interposed between said second and third rings (31, 50) and adapted to roll on respective second tracks (52, 53) of said second and third rings (31, 50); and - a locking element arranged in a standard configuration, wherein it prevents the relative rotation of said second and third rings (31, 50), when said first bearing is, in use, in a normal operating condition; said locking element being movable from said standard configuration to at least a first or second emergency configuration, wherein it makes said second ring free to rotate with respect to said third ring about said first axis, when said first bearing is, in use, in a failure condition; characterized in that it comprises: - at least one pin angularly fixed and connected, at least indirectly, to said third ring and extending radially to said first axis; and - at least one axial slot integrally carried by said locking element, having said pin pass radially through it and being axially slidable with respect the said pin, at least when said locking element is in said first or second emergency configuration. - a mast, rotatable about a first axis; - a plurality of blades, hinged on said mast, extending along respective second axes transversal to said first axis and rotatable about respective said second axes to vary the respective angles of attack; - an element, sliding along said first axis with respect to said mast, integrally rotating with said mast, and operatively connected to said blades to cause the rotation of said blades about respective said second axes following a translation of said element along said axis; - a control rod, sliding axially along said first axis with respect to said mast and angularly fixed with respect to said first axis; and - a first bearing interposed between said control rod and said element, sliding along said first axis with respect to said mast and integrally with said control rod, and configured to enable the relative rotation of said element with respect to said control rod about said first axis in a correct operating condition; - a first ring rotatable integrally with said element about said first axis; - a second ring radially internal to said first ring with respect to said first axis and sliding integrally with said control rod along said first axis; and - a plurality of first rolling bodies, which are interposed between said first and second rings (30, 31) and adapted to roll on respective first tracks (33, 34) of said first and second rings (30, 31); - a third ring sliding integrally with said control rod along said first axis and angularly fixed with respect to said first axis; - a plurality of second rolling bodies, which are interposed between said second and third rings (31, 50) and adapted to roll on respective second tracks (52, 53) of said second and third rings (31, 50); and - a locking element arranged in a standard configuration, wherein it prevents the relative rotation of said second and third rings (31, 50), when said first bearing is, in use, in a normal operating condition; - at least one pin angularly fixed and connected, at least indirectly, to said third ring and extending radially to said first axis; and - at least one axial slot integrally carried by said locking element, having said pin pass radially through it and being axially slidable with respect the said pin, at least when said locking element is in said first or second emergency configuration.