Rapport définitif - Rapport No. 104, 1968

Cas no 542 (Bénin) - Date de la plainte: 09-DÉC. -67 - Clos

1. 49. The complaints of the National Cable, Postal and Telecommunications Trades Union of Dahomey and the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (I.F.C.T.U.) are contained in two telegrams dated respectively 9 and 14 December 1967. These complaints were transmitted on 15 December 1967 to the Government, which forwarded its observations thereon by a communication dated 15 January 1968.
2. 50. Dahomey has ratified the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), but not the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).

A. A. The complainants' allegations

1. 51. It was alleged that the Government had ordered the suspension of all trade union activities in Dahomey.
2. 52. In its reply the Government states that this measure, which was in fact taken by the previous Government, has since been rescinded, and it appends to its communication a copy of the ordinance repealing the earlier ordinance whereby the suspension had been ordered.
3. 53. Both the complainants in this case have in their turn confirmed that freedom of association has been restored in Dahomey (the National Cable, Postal and Telecommunications Trades Union in a communication dated 12 January 1968 and the I.F.C.T.U in a communication dated 18 January 1968). The former Organisation, moreover, specifically states that its complaint may be deemed to be withdrawn.

The Committee's recommendations

1. 54. In these circumstances, the situation which gave rise to these complaints having ceased to exist, the Committee recommends the Governing Body to decide that the case does not call for further examination.