Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 336, March 2005

Case No 2148 (Togo) - Complaint date: 11-JUN-01 - Closed

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

1. 113. This case was last examined by the Committee at its November 2003 session [see the 332nd Report, paras. 166 to 168]. On that occasion, it once again urged the Government to rescind the decrees declaring certain teachers to be absent without leave. The Committee also expressed the hope that the verification committee set up to determine which teachers were affected by the decrees would carry out its investigations very rapidly, and requested the Government to keep it informed of the outcome of those deliberations and of the decisions taken regarding the teachers still affected by the application of the decrees.
2. 114. In its communication of 6 January 2005, the Government states that, in view of the fact that the verification committee has noted considerable differences between the list provided by the National Union of Independent Trade Unions (UNSIT) and that held by the Directorate of Human Resources of the Ministry of National Education, the results of the committee's work cannot be used in their present form, and more in-depth examination within a wider and more consensual framework is required. The Government states in this regard that, given the sensitive nature of the case and the many associated difficulties, it has been agreed with UNSIT that the case will be placed on the agenda of forthcoming social dialogue meetings, which are at an advanced preliminary stage.
3. 115. The Committee takes note of this information. Recalling once again that the events which gave rise to this complaint date from June 1999 and that the Government has still not acted on the Committee's recommendation, reiterated since March 2002, to rescind the decrees in question [see the 327th Report, para. 804], the Committee strongly reiterates its previous recommendation.