Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO349, March 2008

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

1. 174. At its meeting in March 2007, the Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of the final decision in the legal proceedings currently under way against the trade union official Mr Fernando Espino Arévalo and the other participants in the industrial action of 8 August 2002 in the metropolitan passenger train system [see 344th Report, para. 129]. The trade union official in question enjoyed constitutional immunity because he was a legislator.
2. 175. In its communication dated 17 September 2007, the Government reported that a decision had been issued on 12 March 2007 confirming that criminal proceedings would not be pursued with regard to the complaint filed by the legal representative of the Public Transport Authority relating to the alleged perpetration of the offences of “coalition of public servants” and “attacks on means of communication” and that this decision remains final.
3. 176. The Committee takes note of this information.