Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 330, March 2003

Case No 2058 (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) - Complaint date: 23-SEP-99 - Closed

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

1. 162. At its November 2000 meeting, the Committee made the following recommendation: “The Committee hopes that the Government will register the trade union SINTRANES as a trade union soon. It requests the Government to inform it of any court rulings that have been, or may be, handed down in future on the matter” [see 323rd Report, para. 554]. The complainant had indicated that the trade union was registered in June 1998, and the Government had stated that the judicial authorities had suspended the administrative ruling legalizing the union and it was now for the appellate courts to give a final ruling.
2. 163. In a communication dated 28 September 2000, the Government had indicated that the matter was before the courts, and in its communication of 1 October 2002 the Government recalls that the union had been registered on 15 June 1998.
3. 164. The Committee regrets that the Government has given no further details on the legal status of this case. It urges the Government to supply this information and to communicate any court ruling that has been or may in future be handed down on this matter.