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ILO Examines Experts’ Report on Uzbekistan: Background
The member states of the International Labour Organisation ILO meet at the International Labour Conference (ILC), held every year in Geneva, Switzerland, in the month of June. The ILC examines reports from the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations on various country situations and issues.
Each member State is represented by a [...]
On Eve of ILO Review, Uzbek GONGOs Deny Child Labor Problem
On the eve of a review by the International Labour Organization concerning Uzbekistan’s failure to stop forced child labor, the Uzbek government has made a last-ditch effort to claim it was controlling the problem, fergananews.com reported.
On June 2, the Council of Federations of Unions of Uzbekistan and the Association of Farms, both state-controlled organizations, and [...]
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Download 2012 CEGG Report Forced Child Labour in Uzbekistan
The state-controlled forced labor system of cotton production in Uzbekistan continues to violate the human rights of Uzbek children and adults in order to support the central government with revenues from cotton exports. This report identifies alarming trends of the most recent harvests, including the increased tendencies of civil servants forced to pick cotton and children forced to work the most difficult and dangerous end of the harvest. The report calls for an ILO monitoring mission and action from the governments of the European Union and the U.S., the World Bank, and the private sector to stop forced labor in the cotton sector of Uzbekistan.