Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 335, November 2004

Case No 2156 (Brazil) - Complaint date: 04-OCT-01 - Closed

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

1. 28. At its June 2004 meeting, the Committee requested the Government to send it a copy of the decision handed down regarding the murder of trade union leader Carlos Alberto Oliveira Santos [see 334th Report, para. 17].
2. 29. In a communication dated 24 August 2004, the Government states that, once the decision regarding the murder of trade union leader Carlos Alberto Oliveira Santos has been handed down, it will be sent to the Committee. The Government encloses extensive documentation on the development of the legal proceedings, from which it emerges that those having participated in the crime, including the perpetrator, have been identified and detention orders have been issued.
3. 30. The Committee takes note of this information and awaits the decision to be handed down regarding the murder of trade union leader Carlos Alberto Oliveira Santos.