Seguimiento dado a las recomendaciones del Comité y del Consejo de Administración - Informe núm. 326, Noviembre 2001

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

1. 51. The Committee last examined this case at its March 2001 meeting [see 324th Report, paras. 326-339]. On that occasion, the Committee requested the Government to take steps to ensure the prompt conclusion of the current or planned investigations concerning: (a) the military takeover of workplaces in the Naval Hospital of Cartagena and the Central Military Hospital of Bogotá during the national protest action of 20 and 21 May 1998; (b) the destruction of posters alluding to the protest movement in the Central Military Hospital of Bogotá and the assaults on trade unionists during the national protest action of 20 and 21 May, leaving 42 of them wounded; and (c) the refusal to grant time off for trade union activities, anti-union harassment, an increase in the working day in violation of an agreement, and the assignment of civilian employees to armed conflict zones. The Committee also requested it to keep it informed of the outcome of these investigations.
2. 52. In a communication dated 5 April 2001, the Government states that negotiation meetings were held on 21 February and 2 March 2001 between the ASEMIL trade union and the Director-General of the Central Military Hospital and the head of the legal office of the Ministry of Defence, under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in the context of Case No. 2015.
3. 53. The Committee notes that the minutes of the negotiation meeting reflect that the following issues were covered: the granting of trade union leave, payment of wages due as ordered by the Constitutional Court, and the assignment of civilian workers to armed conflict zones. The Committee regrets that the Government has not stated whether the investigations that have been initiated were completed and requests it to inform it without delay of their outcome.