Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 367, March 2013

Case No 2788 (Argentina) - Complaint date: 08-JUN-10 - Closed

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

1. 17. The Committee last examined this case at its November 2011 meeting [see 362nd Report, para. 255], when it made the following recommendation:
   • The Committee recalls that no one should be deprived of their freedom or be subject to penal sanctions for the mere fact of organizing or participating in a peaceful strike and requests the Government to provide a copy of the final judgment relating to the criminal proceedings for contempt of court in relation to the compulsory conciliation order against trade union officials of the AGMER named in the complaint.
2. 18. In its communication of 23 July 2012, the Government sent the legal opinion of the Provincial Labour Directorate of the province of Entre Ríos indicating that the criminal case in question (“Elizar Sergio, Madoz Marta, Budino Luis César, Sánchez Zulma, Sánchez Norma and Rodríguez Patricia for contempt of court”) was brought before Magistrate’s Court No. 8 of the city of Paraná. The provincial authority adds that according to information from the court no ruling has yet been handed down and the case is at the investigation stage. The Committee notes this information and requests the Government to keep it informed of any final ruling handed down in relation to this case.