Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 308, November 1997

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

1. 29. At its meeting in June 1996, the Committee requested the Government to ensure that the three seafarers - Hua Chun Gui, Zhang Ai Zhao and Gao Ziao Hui - are compensated for economic losses incurred during their nearly two-and-a-half years' detention and that the money, seamen's documentation and qualifications confiscated from them at the time of their initial arrest are restored to them. It also requested the Government to keep the Committee informed of the measures taken in this regard (see 304th Report, para. 158).
2. 30. In its communication of 15 June 1997, the Government indicates that, after having made inquiries at the Tianjin local People's Court, it appears that no progress has yet been made in respect of this case.
3. 31. The Committee notes this information with regret. The Committee recalls that this case concerns arrests and detention in violation of trade union rights which took place in 1992 and that, three seafarers suffered important economic and other losses from having been detained for over a two-year period. It requests the Government to keep it informed of any progress made in giving effect to its recommendations, in particular as concerns the compensation of the three detained seafarers.