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Comments Concerning the Ranking of Uzbekistan by the United States Department of State in the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report
February 2020 | by the International Labor Rights Forum on behalf of the Cotton Campaign
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Challenging Feudalism In Labour Relations In Cotton Sector of Uzbekistan: Strategy and Tactics, Interview with Andre Mrost
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Узбекский хлопок. Как искоренить феодализм в трудовых отношениях (стратегия и тактика), - А.Мрост
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November 2018 | by CentrAsia
“We want farmers to have full freedom”: No Need for Forced Labor when Farmers are Empowered to Pay Decent Wages: Spring Cotton Fieldwork 2018
September 2018 | by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Measuring Forced Labour in an Authoritarian Context – An Evaluation of ILO Third Party Monitoring in Uzbekistan
(English)
Измерение Масштабов Принудительного Труда в Авторитарном Контексте: Экспертная Оценка Мониторинга Третьей Стороной МОТ в Узбекистане
(Русский)
July 2018 | by Professor Kristian Lasslett and Vanessa Gstrein, the Corruption and Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
We pick cotton out of fear: systematic forced labor and the accountability gap in Uzbekistan
(English)
Мы собираем хлопок из-за страха
(Русский)
Биз қўрққанимиздан пахта терамиз
(Ўзбекча)
May 2018 | by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan: A Workers’ Organization Or Instrument to Control Workers?
November 2017 | by the Cotton Campaign
Uzbekistan: Forced and Child Labor in Spring Fieldwork Linked to World Bank Project
October 2017 | by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan: A Workers’ Organization Or Instrument to Control Workers?
July 2017 | Research by Andre Mrost
“We Can’t Refuse to Pick Cotton” Forced and Child Labor Linked to World Bank Group Investments in Uzbekistan
(English)
«Мы не можем отказаться от сбора хлопка» Принудительный и детский труд, связанный с инвестиционными проектами Группы Всемирного банка в Узбекистане
(Русский)
July 2017 | by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch
Forced Labor in Uzbekistan's Cotton Sector: Preliminary Findings from the 2016 Harvest
December 2016| by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
The Cover Up: Whitewashing Uzbekistan's White Gold-
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Persecution of Independent Monitors to Cover Up Mass Forced Labor in the Cotton Sector
ДОКЛАД: ПРИКРЫТИЕ: ПОПЫТКА ОТБЕЛИТЬ “БЕЛОЕ ЗОЛОТО” УЗБЕКИСТАНА (Russian)
March 2016| by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Silk Loop for Uzbek Farmers
September 2015
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by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Uzbek Government Continued Systematic Forced Labor to Weed the Cotton Fields in 2015
August 2015
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by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Uzbek Government Continues Forced Labor System to Weed Cotton Fields
June 2015 |
by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
The Government’s Riches, the People’s Burden: Human Rights Violations in Uzbekistan’s 2014 Cotton Harvest
April 2015 | by The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Preliminary Report on Forced Labor During Uzbekistan’s 2014 Cotton Harvest
November 2014| by Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
The System of Forced Labor Cotton Production in Uzbekistan
November 2014| by the
International Labor Rights Forum
A comparative study on cotton production in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
October 2014 | by Anastasiya Shtaltovna and Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Department of Political & Cultural Change, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn
Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector: Financial Flows and Distribution of Resources
October 2014 | by Bakhodyr Muradov & Alisher Ilkhamov, Open Society Foundations’ Eurasia Program
“Until the Very End” Politically Motivated Imprisonment in Uzbekistan
2014 | by Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Due Diligence and World Bank Funding in Uzbekistan’s Agriculture Sector
June 2014 | by Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Forced Labor in Uzbekistan: Report on the 2013 Cotton Harvest
June 2014 | by Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Review of the 2013 Cotton Harvest in Uzbekistan: State Forced-Labour System Continues
November 2013 | by Cotton Campaign
A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM: State-Sponsored Forced Labour in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector Continues in 2012
June 2013 | by Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights and the Cotton Campaign
Review of the 2012 Cotton Harvest in Uzbekistan,
English
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Russian
December 2012 | by Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights and Cotton Campaign
Cotton: It’s not a plant; it’s politics- The system of forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector
2012 | by Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
From the Field: Travels of Uzbek Cotton Through the Value Chain
2012 | by Responsible Sourcing Network
Forced Child Labour in Uzbekistan: Some Changes- But Not For The Better
March 2012 | by Centre d’Etudes en Géopolitique et Gouvernance, Grenoble Ecole De Management
“No One Left to Witness” Torture, the Failure of Habeas Corpus, and the Silencing of Lawyers in Uzbekistan
2011 | by Human Rights Watch
Slave Nation: State-sponsored forced child labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields
2010 | by Environmental Justice Foundation and Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights, in collaboration with Anti-Slavery International
What Has Changed? Progress in eliminating the use of forced child labour in the cotton harvests of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
2010 | by Centre for Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
“Cotton is Politics, Do Not Joke With It”: Chronicle of Forced Child Labour in Uzbekistan- Cotton Harvest 2010
2010 | by Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Abolition of Forced Child Labor in Cotton Harvest: Dilemma for Uzbek Government
2009 | by “Veritas” Youth Human Rights Movement of Uzbekistan
Pick All the Cotton: Update on Uzbekistan’s Use of Forced Child Labor in 2009 Harvest
2009 | by Human rights defenders in Uzbekistan in partnership with the International Labor Rights Forum
Still in the Fields: The continuing use of state-sponsored forced child labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields
2009 | by Environmental Justice Foundation
“We Live Subject to their Orders”: A Three‐Province Survey of Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan’s 2008 Cotton Harvest
2009 | by Human rights defenders in Uzbekistan in partnership with the International Labor Rights Forum
Somebody Knows Where Your Cotton Comes From: Unravelling the Cotton Supply Chain
2009 | by Environmental Justice Foundation
Invisible to the World: The Dynamics of Forced Child Labour in the Cotton Sector of Uzbekistan
2008 | by Centre for Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
“Saving its Secrets” Government Repression in Andijan
2008 | by Human Rights Watch
Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan’s 2008 Spring Agricultural Season: A Report Based on Surveys in Two Rural Districts in Uzbekistan
2008 | by Human rights defenders in Uzbekistan in partnership with the International Labor Rights Forum
“Still in the fields: Forced child labour continues in Uzbek cotton production”
2008 | Environmental Justice Foundation briefing
“Uzbekistan cotton: what are retailers’ responsibilities?”
2008 | Ethical Trading Initiative
Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan’s 2007 Cotton Harvest: Survey Results
2008 | by Human rights defenders and journalists in Uzbekistan
Nowhere to Turn: Torture and Ill-treatment in Uzbekistan
2007 | by Human Rights Watch
The Deadly Chemicals in Cotton
2007 | by Environmental Justice Foundation, in collaboration with Pesticide Action Network UK
The Children Behind Our Cotton
2007 | by Environmental Justice Foundation
White Gold: The True Cost of Cotton- Uzbekistan, cotton and the crushing of a nation
2005 | by Environmental Justice Foundation
The Curse of Cotton: Central Asia’s Destructive Monoculture
February 2005 |by International Crisis Group
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