El Salvador: 1) Information on Organización International del Trabajo (OIT) de las Naciones Unidas; 2) treatment of members of OIT who work with refugees or displaced persons

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 January 1990
Citation / Document Symbol SLV3585
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1 & 2)                No information was found on the aforementioned subject among the sources currently available to the IRBDC. However, it is worth noting that El Salvador is an active member of the OIT (International Labour Organization.) [Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (International Labour Office, Geneva: 1989.), p. 28 and 499.]

To expand on the treatment of trade unionists, please find attached copies of the following documents:

a.             El Salvador: Continued Human Rights Violations Against Trade Unionists (Amnesty International, London, AI Index: AMR 29/23/89.)

b.             Chronology of Labor Rights Violating in El Salvador: December 1986 - March 1988 (Americas Watch Report, New York, March 1988.)

c.             El Salvador: 'Death Squads'- A Government Strategy (Amnesty International, London, AI Index: AMR 29/21/88.) pp. 26-29.

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