Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 344, March 2007

Case No 2214 (El Salvador) - Complaint date: 09-JUL-02 - Closed

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

1. 61. At its session in March 2006 the Committee was still awaiting: (1) the ruling of the judicial authority on the refusal by the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS) to accept the coalition of the STISSS and SIMETRISSS trade unions with regard to reviewing the arbitration award; and (2) the decision of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic concerning the alleged eviction of the trade union from its premises [see 340th Report, para. 86].
2. 62. In a communication dated 21 July 2006, the Government states that the judicial authority has not yet handed down its ruling on the refusal of the ISSS to accept the coalition of the STISSS and SIMETRISSS trade unions with regard to reviewing the arbitration award. With regard to the decision of the Office of the Attorney General concerning the alleged eviction of the trade union from its premises, the Government states that the Office of the Attorney General has informed it that it has no record of any such complaint currently under investigation and therefore requests the complainant to supply the exact date, time and place of the incident and, if possible, the name of the authority or police unit responsible for the eviction, so that it can take a decision on the subject.
3. 63. The Committee continues to await the ruling on the refusal by the ISSS to accept the coalition of the STISS and SIMETRISSS trade unions with regard to reviewing the arbitration award, trusts that a ruling will be handed down in the near future and, bearing in mind that considerable time has elapsed since the proceedings were initiated, recalls that justice delayed is justice denied. The Committee also calls on the complainant organizations to provide the information requested by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic concerning the alleged eviction of the trade union from its premises.