Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 305, November 1996

Case No 1726 (Pakistan) - Complaint date: 12-JUL-93 - Closed

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

1. 51. During its last examination of this case in November 1994 (see 295th Report, para. 23), the Committee had urged the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure an independent and impartial investigation into the reported arrest, detention and torture of workers at the Daewoo Motorway Construction Project and to keep it informed of the findings and the measures taken to redress the situation. The Government was also requested to keep the Committee informed of the steps taken to ensure the registration of the Awami Union and to amend its legislation in order to ensure the right to organize and to bargain collectively for workers, in accordance with Conventions Nos. 87 and 98.
2. 52. In a communication dated 14 May 1996, the Government indicates that the Labour Appellate Tribunal has upheld the decision of the Labour Court ordering the competent authority to register the Awami Union and that the registration certificate has now been issued.
3. 53. The Committee takes note of this information with interest. It notes however that the Government has not replied to the Committee's request that an independent investigation be held to look into the reported arrests, detention and torture of workers. The Committee would therefore once again urge the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure that these matters are the subject of an independent investigation and to keep it informed of the outcome. The Government is also requested to continue to keep the Committee informed of the steps taken to amend the legislation so as to ensure the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively.