Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 365, November 2012

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

1. 159. The Committee examined this case at its November 2011 meeting, at which it made the following recommendation [see 362nd Report, para. 159]:
   • As regards the alleged detention of the trade union leaders Mr Pedro Coudori Laurente and Mr Claudio Boza, the Committee requests the Government to inform it of the circumstances in which the detention was carried out and of developments concerning the proceedings under way against those two trade union leaders.
2. 160. In its communication of 1 March 2011, the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) stated that in May 2010 these trade union leaders were furthermore detained for nearly three months for alleged obstruction of the running of public services. The CGTP also refers to other allegations, which have already been addressed.
3. 161. In its communications of 24 February, 4 May and 14 September 2012, the Government repeats that the court acquitted the trade union leaders of the charge of homicide, ordering their release and the cancellation of the police and court records pertaining to the case. The Government provides no detailed information in response to the CGTP’s new allegations (it sends only press reports).
4. 162. The Committee notes the acquittal of the trade union leaders and observes that the court ruling states among other things that it was impossible to identify the strikers who threw stones that hit a police captain, who died. Nothing in the documents sent indicates that the trade union leaders sought compensation, but the Government points out that acquittal entitles them to file a claim. The Committee takes note of this information.
5. 163. The Committee asks the Government to comment in detail on the CGTP’s communication of 1 March 2012.