Suites données aux recommandations du comité et du Conseil d’administration - Rapport No. 342, Juin 2006

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

1. 161. The Committee last examined this case at its meeting in March 2005 [see 336th Report, paras. 116-120]. On that occasion, the Committee noted that the case involved allegations of anti-union discrimination and interference in trade union activities by the company New Seed Processing Industry Oil of Togo (NIOTO). The Committee repeated its previous recommendations regarding the dismissal by the company NIOTO of Mr. Awity Boko, General Secretary of the National Trade Union of Food and Agriculture Industries (SYNIAT). The Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of the outcome of the legal proceedings concerning Mr. Awity’s dismissal and, should it emerge that the dismissal was indeed motivated by anti-union discrimination, to take immediate action to ensure that Mr. Awity was reinstated, and to keep it informed of any measures taken.
2. 162. In a communication dated 5 January 2006, the Government reiterated that the case of Mr. Awity Boko was still pending before the courts and that it would keep the Committee informed of developments in that regard, although there had as yet been no developments.
3. 163. While noting this information, the Committee recalls that, in its previous communication, the Government stated that the hearing, supposed to be held on 3 August 2004, had been postponed to 14 September 2004, and then remanded again to 1 February 2005. Emphasizing that the dismissal in question dates back to 1 November 2001 and recalling that justice delayed is justice denied, the Committee urges the Government to take any measures in its power to ensure that a decision on this case is handed down quickly and to keep it informed of any developments in this regard.