System of education through labour

87. The “system of education through labour” with regard to persons who have already been released, constitutes a form of forced labour and administrative detention of people who have not been convicted by the courts and who, in some cases, are not even liable to sanctions imposed by the judicial authorities. This form of detention and forced labour constitutes without any doubt a violation of basic ILO standards which guarantee compliance with human rights and, when applied to people who have engaged in trade union activities, a blatant violation of the principles of freedom of association.

(See the 1996 Digest, para. 67; 310th Report, Case No. 1930, para. 358; 321st Report, Case No. 2031, para. 168; and 337th Report, Case No. 2189, para. 480.) 88. The subjection of workers to the education through labour system without any court judgement is a form of administrative detention which constitutes a clear infringement of basic human rights, the respect of which is essential for the exercise of trade union rights, as pointed out by the International Labour Conference in 1970.

(See the 1996 Digest, para. 68; and 337th Report, Case No. 2189, para. 480.)