Relations of Mali, to request Cabinet to implement the Arbitration Council’s decision of 7 January 2013. 16. On 28 October 2015, the Minister of Labour, who was in charge of the matter, submitted a written memorandum at a Cabinet meeting seeking to enforce the decision of the Arbitration Council. Cabinet decided to withdraw the approval of the said memorandum on the grounds that the mining sector is not a core sector in the sense of ILO standards. 17. On 7 January 2016, the Minister of Labour, by letter No. 000010 / MTFPSG, notified the said Cabinet decision to the Secretary-General of the Central Trade Union of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Malian Workers, who in turn notified the said decision to the members, including the Applicants, Mamadou Dabo and others. 18. On 1 November 2016, another group consisting of Mamadou DABO and twenty-five (25) other workers filed a case before the Civil Court of the Bamako Commune II district claiming the amounts awarded by the Arbitration Council. The Court, in its decision No. 145 of 5 April 2017, dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction. 19. On 10 January 2018, the same group of workers filed another case before the Labour Court of Bamako seeking enforcement of the Arbitration Council’s award. By Order No. 09 of 22 January 2018, the President of the said Court issued an order dismissing the said case. 20. On 9 February 2018, the workers appealed the order before the Bamako Court of Appeal in which a decision was yet to be issued at the time of filing this Application. 5