Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 362, November 2011

Case No 2742 (Bolivia (Plurinational State of)) - Complaint date: 09-OCT-09 - Closed

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

1. 20. The Committee last examined this case concerning allegations that, following a strike declared illegal, criminal proceedings were started against eight trade union officials at its November 2010 meeting and on that occasion made the following recommendations [see 358th Report, para. 280]:
   • The Committee requests the Government: (1) to keep it informed as to the ruling that is handed down in respect of the trade union officials Freddy Puente Camacho, Wilma Alcocer Mayorga, Raúl Limachi Choque, María Rosalía Orellana Jiménez, José Maldonado Gremio, Jonny Calani, Marlene Ortíz Flores and Jeny Vilma Camacho Águila; and (2) to forward the present report and the abovementioned principles to the relevant judicial authority.
2. 21. In a communication dated 30 May 2011, the Government states that the eight trade union officials in question have been acquitted by the judicial authority.
3. 22. The Committee notes this information with satisfaction.