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Calls for International Investigation on Uzbek Child Labor
Labor and human rights groups at the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) conference this week called for an international investigation of forced child labor in Uzbekistan, the International Labor Rights Forum said in a statement on its website.
The investigation was called for at the ILO annual conference in Geneva by Anti-Slavery International and the International [...]
Employers and Unions at ILO Meeting Condemn Uzbek Child Labor
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reported that the International Labour Organisation (ILO) “heard disturbing reports from both workers and employers in regards to millions of children forced into from school into hazardous work in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan,” according to a statement on the trade unions’ website.
Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC [...]
ILO Discusses Case of Uzbekistan
After reviewing the report from its Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, the International Labour Organization’s Committee on Application of Standards discussed the case of Uzbekistan on June 6, observers reported.
As a result of ongoing concerns about forced child labor in Uzbekistan, the ILO Committee will likely include a paragraph in [...]
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 [...]
Who Will Monitor Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan? ILO Still Barred by Uzbek Government
Who will monitor the use of forced child labor in Uzbekistan this year? With the International Labor Organization (ILO) still not permitted to enter Uzbekistan, with Human Rights Watch kicked out of Uzbekistan, with local groups increasingly under fire from the dictatorial regime of President Islam Karimov, the job of telling the truth about the [...]
Switzerland, UK Accept NGO Complaint Against EU Companies Profiting from Uzbek Child Labor
Activists hoping to bring EU cotton traders to account for their possible relationship to forced child labor in Uzbekistan have begun to see the fruits of its efforts.
This week, Switzerland joined the United Kingdom in accepting the complaints filed by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) in Germany to the Organisation for [...]
EU Approves Textiles Trade Agreement with Uzbekistan; Activists Protest
The European Union is facing accusations of tacitly supporting child labor after the European Council, the EU’s main decision-making body, approved a trade agreement with Uzbekistan on textiles, the InterPress Service (IPS) reported.
Soon after Uzbek President Islam Karimov visited Brussels in January, the European Council approved a protocol granting various tariff and customs privileges and [...]
UNICEF Official Describes “Limited Success” in Curbing Child Labor in Uzbekistan
A recent panel discussion at the Open Society Institute highlighted the ongoing problem of forced child labor in Uzbekistan and the efforts of non-governmental groups to enlist governments and international institutions in the cause of persuading Uzbekistan to end the practice. (EurasiaNet is funded by the Open Society Foundations under the auspices of its Central [...]
Gearing up for the International Day Against Child labor June 12
The International Labor Rights Forum is planning a May 25 conference in Washington D.C. to discuss the state of the struggle. Representatives from the AFL/CIO, from Coca Cola, and from the State Department’s office of Child Labor and Trafficking will present.
Given that the ILO’s latest report on child labor shows that reductions observed [...]
Spanish soccer and Uzbek cotton
For the money-hungry and ambitious, trading a bit of their status by associating with the Uzbek dictatorship in return for some hard cash may seem like a good deal (exhibit A: Sting). Exhibit B comes this week courtesy of the Spanish daily of record El Pais: Joan Laporta, president of the renowned Spanish soccer team [...]
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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.