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Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body
Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body
- 13. The Committee last examined this case at its March 2008 meeting [see 349th Report, paras 370–382] and on that occasion formulated the following recommendations:
- (a) With regard to the forced entry by unidentified individuals at the offices of the Director of the CTA’s legal service in February 2007 and at the headquarters of the CTA in the federal capital in March 2007, with the theft of computers, and (at the office of the Director of the legal service) of fax equipment, the Committee expects that the investigation to which the Government refers will be concluded in the near future and will make it possible to identify and punish those responsible. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed in this regard.
- (b) With regard to the allegation that stones were thrown at the residence of Mr Alejandro Garzón, General Secretary of the Provincial Executive Council of the ATE in Santa Cruz, and he and his family received telephone death threats, the Committee, noting the ATE’s statements to the effect that it has made a formal complaint to the police, requests the Government to inform it of the action taken in connection with this complaint and the outcome of the investigations, stating in particular whether or not those responsible have been identified and punished.
- 14. In its communication of 25 April 2008, the Government indicates, in relation to the complaint presented by the Congress of Argentine Workers (CTA) concerning the forced entry by unidentified individuals into the offices of the Director of the CTA’s legal service, that the Investigating Prosecutor’s Office No. 7 has reported that the case, involving unknown perpetrators, has been under examination by the Criminal Investigations Department since 26 November 2007.
- 15. The Committee takes note of this information. The Committee expects that the investigation into the forced entry by unidentified individuals into the offices of the Director of the CTA’s legal service and the theft of computer equipment will be concluded without delay and that those responsible will be identified, tried and punished. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed in this regard as well as in relation to the investigations concerning: (1) the entry of unidentified persons into the headquarters of the CTA in the federal capital in March 2007; and (2) the allegation that stones were thrown at the residence of Mr Alejandro Garzón, the General Secretary of the Provincial Executive Council of ATE in Santa Cruz, and that he and his family received telephone death threats.
