Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 325, June 2001

Case No 1796 (Peru) - Complaint date: 22-AUG-94 - Closed

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

1. 57. The Committee last examined this case concerning dismissals of trade union leaders, at its June 2000 meeting [see 321st Report, paras. 58-60]. On that occasion the Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of the final outcome of the proceedings involving the trade union leaders Mr. Delfín Quispe Saavedra and Mr. Iván Arias Vildoso.
2. 58. In a communication dated 18 January 2001, the Government informed the Committee that it had written to the judiciary branch, requesting information regarding the current status of the legal proceedings instituted by Mr. Delfín Quispe Saavedra challenging the invalidity of his dismissal.
3. 59. In a communication dated 24 February 2001, the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) stated that the unlawful dismissal of trade union leader Mr. Iván Arias Vildoso was upheld by the courts that successively examined the case, in violation of his trade union immunity and his right to effectively challenge the decision of which he was the victim.
4. 60. The Committee notes this information and again requests the Government to keep it informed of the final outcome of the proceedings instituted by the trade union leaders Mr. Delfín Quispe Saavedra and Mr. Iván Arias Vildoso.