Rapport intérimaire - Rapport No. 139, 1974

1. 431. The Committee last examined this case at its February 1973 meeting, when it submitted to the Governing Body a report which appears in paragraphs 136 to 156 of its 135th Report, approved by the Governing Body at its 189th Session (February-March 1973).
2. 432. The Sudan has not ratified the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), but it has ratified the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).

A. A. The complainants' allegations

1. 433. The Committee recalls that the question of thirty-four trade unionists held in preventive detention was left pending. The Committee recommended the Governing Body to draw the Government's attention to the principle that since measures of preventive detention may involve a serious interference with trade union rights, all detained persons should receive a fair trial at the earliest possible moment. It accordingly recommended the Governing Body to request the Government to state whether or not these persons had appeared before a court, and if so, to send a copy of the sentences pronounced and the reasons given therefor.
2. 434. On 3 April 1973, the International Federation of Teachers' Unions supplied further information to the effect that the Government had dismissed a large number of elementary and secondary school teachers without any charges having been brought against them. Many lost their pension rights. The complainants presented a list of thirty-seven national and provincial union officials and militants affected by these measures. This communication was transmitted to the Government for comment.