Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 335, November 2004

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

1. 133. The Committee last examined this case at its March 2004 meeting [see 333rd Report, paras. 85-88]. On that occasion, the Committee asked the Government to submit a copy of three decisions: first, the decision of the Rabat Court of Appeal concerning the sentences handed down against 21 striking farm workers at the Avitema farm; and, second, the two decisions of the Rabat Court of the First Instance and of the Rabat Court of Appeal concerning the criminal proceedings that resulted from certain events during the collective labour dispute at the Avitema farm in 1999 and the charges of abuse of power brought against Mr. Abderrazzak Challaoui, Mr. Bouazza Maâch and Mr. Abdeslam Talha.
2. 134. On 13 May 2004, the Government replied to that request with a communication transmitting a letter from an official of the Ministry of Employment dated 11 May 2004. In that letter, the official indicates that “the current social atmosphere within the company [Avitema farm] is healthy and work is going on as normal”. The official also adds that, since the collective dispute broke out in 1999, no complaint had been filed by a worker at the Avitema farm.
3. 135. The Committee takes note of this information. Nonetheless, the Committee notes with regret that the Government has still not submitted the three decisions requested. The Committee underlines that it has been asking for the first decision since its March 2000 session [see 320th Report, para. 718], the second decision since its November 2000 session [see 323rd Report, para. 393] and the third decision since its March 2004 session [see 333rd Report, para. 87]. The Committee recalls that it cannot reach conclusions that are fully justified without the full text of those decisions [see 333rd Report, para. 88]. The Committee urges the Government to provide copies of these decisions.