No reports on whether unions are the target of police or military violence in Uruguay could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. In a 5 June 2001 telephone interview with the Service for Peace and Justice (Servicio Paz y Justicia, SERPAJ), a non-governmental human rights organization in Montevideo, the national coordinator stated that his office had not received any complaints from unions in Uruguay accusing police or military of violence against union members. As far as he was aware, unions were operating in liberty with rights to strike and organize (ibid.). Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ), Montevideo, Uruguay. 5 June 2001. Telephone interview with the national coordinator.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2000. 2001

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 2000-2001.

IRB Databases

Latin American Regional Reports: Southern Cone Report [London]. 1999-2001

LEXIS/NEXIS

World News Connection (WNC)

Internet sites including:

Amnesty International

Clarín [Buenos Aires]

Derechos

Freedom in the World

Human Rights Watch

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)

La Nación [Buenos Aires]

El Observador [Montevideo]. Search Engine. 1999-2001.

Radio El Spectador [Montevideo]. Search Engine. 1999-2001.

Servicio de Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ)

World Policy Institute

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