Follow-up information requested from Governments - Report No 344, March 2007

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 169. The Committee last examined this case concerning the trial and sentencing in the first instance for “breach of trust” of the three presidents of the trade union confederations, CUT, CPT and CESITEP, Alan Flores, Jerónimo López and Barreto Medina, at its March 2006 meeting [see 340th Report, paras. 158-161]. On that occasion, the Committee noted that, on 31 December 2003, the judicial authority had cancelled the preventive detention of the trade union officials in question, who were currently at liberty, and expressed the hope that the judicial proceedings initiated against the trade union officials would be concluded in the near future. The Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of the final ruling handed down in this case.
2. 170. In a communication dated 6 June 2006, the Trade Union Confederation of State Employees of Paraguay (CESITEP) reported that the criminal proceedings had not been concluded and alleged further violations of procedural rights in the second instance.
3. 171. The Committee notes the information communicated by the complainant organization and regrets that the Government has not communicated its observations on the matter. The Committee expresses the hope that due process of law will be respected in the framework of the judicial proceedings initiated against the trade union officials, and that the proceedings will be concluded in the near future. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of the final ruling handed down in this case and to send its observations without delay concerning the communication from CESITEP dated 6 June 2006.