Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 340, March 2006

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

1. 162. The Committee last examined this case at its June 2005 meeting [see 337th Report, paras. 113-115]. On that occasion, the Committee requested the Government to inform it as to whether the 574 workers dismissed from the telecommunications sector had been reinstated, as ordered by the Constitutional Court, and whether an independent inquiry had been carried out into the allegations presented by the ICFTU concerning police repression in the framework of the strike that took place from July to September 2002 and to transmit the results of said inquiry.
2. 163. In its communications dated 19 April and 26 August 2005, the Government refers to various demonstrations which took place in Lima between 22 July 2002 and 7 August 2002 and states that the national police were present at these demonstrations, in particular, that held on 7 August. During the protest of 7 August, around 800 protestors gathered in the area surrounding a branch of the enterprise Telefónica del Perú and some of them, mounted in a van, began to attack the police using stones, sticks and other offensive weapons, forcing the police to use water cannons and tear gas. According to the Government, no one was arrested at any of the demonstrations. The Government also refers to dismissals which are not related to the allegations.
3. 164. The Committee notes this information. The Committee observes that the Government has not sent any information regarding the dismissal of 574 workers from the telecommunications sector, whose reinstatement was ordered by the Constitutional Court. In effect, the Government refers to other issues which are not related to the present case. The Committee therefore requests the Government, without delay, to report whether it has reinstated the 574 workers dismissed from the telecommunications sector as ordered by the Constitutional Court.