Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 357, June 2010

Case No 2625 (Ecuador) - Complaint date: 26-OCT-07 - Closed

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

1. 40. The Committee last examined the substance of this case at its March 2009 meeting, and on that occasion requested the Government to keep it informed of the outcome of the judicial proceedings relating to the dismissal of the members of the National Federation of Judicial Associations of Ecuador (FENAJE): Luis Hernán Muñoz Pasquel, Girard David Vernaza Arroyo, Milton Pazmiño Soria, Josefa Clementina Mendoza Zambrano, Jaime Fabián Pérez Sánchez and Alba Rosa Quinteros Campaña. It also requested the Government to keep it informed of the outcome of the appeal lodged by the FENAJE official Girard David Vernaza Arroyo and former union president Luis Hernán Muñoz Pasquel in the context of the criminal proceedings under way against them and to inform it whether they had been placed in custody, and trusted that the judicial authority would issue a ruling as soon as possible [see 353rd Report, para. 967].
2. 41. In a communication dated 12 November 2009, the Government reports that the Constitutional Court rejected the application for constitutional protection (amparo) made by Girard David Vernaza Arroyo and others against the Supreme Court of Justice ruling relating to their dismissal (the Government provides a copy of the ruling in question). According to the Government’s information, the criminal proceedings against Luis Muñoz Pasquel and Girard Vernaza Arroyo have still not been concluded.
3. 42. The Committee notes this information, and requests the Government to communicate the result of the criminal proceedings under way against Luis Muñoz Pasquel and Girard Vernaza Arroyo.