Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 340, March 2006

Case No 2088 (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) - Complaint date: 01-MAY-00 - Closed

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

1. 220. In its previous examination of the case, the Committee made the following recommendation [see 337th Report, para. 178]:
   • As regards the death threats allegedly made against the trade union official, Mario Naspe, by Judge Hilda Zamora, when interceding to safeguard the employment stability and physical security of a number of members of the complainant organization, the Committee notes that the Government in its reply does not refer to the death threats but to threats against employment stability. The Committee requests the Government to send observations relating specifically to alleged death threats.
2. 221. In its communications of 15 August and 7 September 2005, the Government refers to previous communications and to a report by the Executive Board of the Magistrature which states with regard to this pending allegation that nothing could be further from the truth. The Government refers to a decision by Judge Hilda Zamora (Court No. 3) rejecting the allegations and giving a completely different account of events; it cannot be deduced from that account that the alleged threats took place. The Government provides a copy of the recognition agreement of 15 June 2005 between SOUNTRAJ and two other trade unions and the Executive Directorate of the Magistrature.
3. 222. In its communication of 18 October 2005, the complainant organization SOUNTRAJ states that the judge who made death threats against the trade union leader Mario Naspe is no longer in office, and that no practical purpose is to be served by insisting on a recommendation on this matter. The Committee takes note of this information.
4. 223. In its communication dated 18 October 2005, the complainant organization SOUNTRAJ refers to the Government’s statements noted during the previous examination of the case in relation to various allegations, describes the statements in question as false, and makes new allegations. The Committee requests the Government to send its observations on this most recent communication.