Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO337, June 2005

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

1. 91. The Committee last examined this case at its November 2004 meeting [see 335th Report, paras. 133-135]. On several occasions, it has requested the Government to provide copies of three decisions: first, the decision of the Rabat Court of Appeal concerning the sentences handed down against 21 striking farm workers at the Avitema farm; and, second, the two decisions of the Rabat Court of the First Instance and of the Rabat Court of Appeal concerning the criminal proceedings that resulted from certain events during the collective labour dispute at the Avitema farm in 1999 and the charges of “abuse of power” brought against Messrs. Abderrazzak Challaoui, Bouazza Maâch and Abdeslam Talha.
2. 92. In a communication dated 28 January 2005, the Government sent the text of the Rabat Court of Appeal ruling of 26 December 2001 concerning proceedings against the 21 Avitema farm workers.
3. 93. The Committee takes note of the ruling of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the ruling handed down by the lower court in respect of the workers at the Avitema farm but reduced the sentence on the grounds that it was too severe in the light of mitigating circumstances. The Committee again urges the Government to provide, without delay, copies of the two decisions of the Rabat Court of Appeal and Court of First Instance concerning the criminal proceedings that resulted from certain events during the collective dispute in 1999 at the farm and the charges of “abuse of power” brought against Messrs. Abderrazzak Challaoui, Bouazza Maâch and Abdeslam Talha.