News on forced labour
March 2022
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ILO welcomes lifting of Cotton Campaign boycott of Uzbekistan
14 March 2022
Agricultural and economic reforms have led to the eradication of systemic child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest.
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Uzbek cotton is free from systemic child labour and forced labour
01 March 2022
Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country has succeeded in eradicating systemic forced labour and systemic child labour during the 2021 cotton production cycle, according to new ILO findings.
August 2021
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An end to child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan's cotton harvest
31 August 2021
Uzbekistan is the sixth largest producer of cotton in the world. Two million people pick the cotton every harvest. The ILO is working with the government, workers, employers and civic society to bring about an end to child labour and forced labour during the harvest.
February 2020
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Forced and child labour in Uzbek cotton fields continues to fall
05 February 2020
Systematic and systemic child and forced labour were not used by the Uzbekistan government during the 2019 cotton production cycle, according to a new ILO report.
September 2019
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Uzbekistan ratifies the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention
17 September 2019
Uzbekistan becomes the 40th ILO member State having ratified the Protocol
December 2018
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ILO Director-General on First Ever Visit to Uzbekistan
14 December 2018
Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), is on his first ever visit to Uzbekistan.
November 2018
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Major progress on forced labour and child labour in Uzbekistan cotton fields
22 November 2018
International Labour Organization monitors say that forced labour during the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has been significantly reduced. As in previous years child labour is no longer a concern.
September 2018
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© David Stanley 2022
ILO continues rigorous monitoring of Uzbekistan cotton harvest
20 September 2018
A statement in response to a report by Lasslett and Gstrein on the monitoring of Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest.
February 2018
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© Carsten ten Brink 2022
ILO reports important progress on child labour and forced labour in Uzbek cotton fields
13 February 2018
Monitoring team finds strong political will from central government to end fundamental labour rights’ violations during the 2017 cotton harvest: Child labour is no longer an issue, while forced labour is being systematically addressed.
December 2017
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Uzbekistan ends systematic use of child labour and takes measures to end forced labour
12 December 2017
An ILO team monitoring the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has found that child labour is no longer systematically used and that measures are being taken to end the use of forced labour. These conclusions were discussed at a roundtable in Tashkent.