Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BISHKEK602
2008-06-12 09:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Bishkek
Cable title:
KYRGYZSTAN: RESPONSE TO SYSTEMIC FORCED OR
how-toVZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHEK #0602 1640919 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 120919Z JUN 08 FM AMEMBASSY BISHKEK TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1094 RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC
UNCLAS BISHKEK 000602
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN (GEHRENBECK),DRL/ILCSR (MITTELHAUSER),
G/TIP (STEINER)
LABOR FOR ILAB (RIGBY)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KG
SUBJECT: KYRGYZSTAN: RESPONSE TO SYSTEMIC FORCED OR
EXPLOITATIVE CHILD LABOR INQUIRY
REF: STATE 43120
UNCLAS BISHKEK 000602
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN (GEHRENBECK),DRL/ILCSR (MITTELHAUSER),
G/TIP (STEINER)
LABOR FOR ILAB (RIGBY)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KG
SUBJECT: KYRGYZSTAN: RESPONSE TO SYSTEMIC FORCED OR
EXPLOITATIVE CHILD LABOR INQUIRY
REF: STATE 43120
1. In response to reftel request, Post met with local
non-governmental organizations, the local UNICEF and
International Labor Organization (ILO) offices, the Kyrgyz
Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, and trade unions to
seek information concerning forced labor and/or exploitative
child labor in the Kyrgyz Republic. Kyrgyzstan has ratified
two ILO Conventions regarding child labor: Convention No.
138 concerning the minimum age for admission to employment,
and Convention No. 182 concerning the worst forms of child
labor. In addition, provisions in the Constitution, the
Labor Code, and the Child Code prohibit the use of child
labor.
2. While the NGOs and trade unions we contacted cited the
use of child labor in agricultural production (tobacco, rice,
and cotton),none of the organizations had evidence of any
systemic forced or exploitative child labor in the production
of goods, as specified reftel.
LITZENBERGER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN (GEHRENBECK),DRL/ILCSR (MITTELHAUSER),
G/TIP (STEINER)
LABOR FOR ILAB (RIGBY)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KG
SUBJECT: KYRGYZSTAN: RESPONSE TO SYSTEMIC FORCED OR
EXPLOITATIVE CHILD LABOR INQUIRY
REF: STATE 43120
1. In response to reftel request, Post met with local
non-governmental organizations, the local UNICEF and
International Labor Organization (ILO) offices, the Kyrgyz
Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, and trade unions to
seek information concerning forced labor and/or exploitative
child labor in the Kyrgyz Republic. Kyrgyzstan has ratified
two ILO Conventions regarding child labor: Convention No.
138 concerning the minimum age for admission to employment,
and Convention No. 182 concerning the worst forms of child
labor. In addition, provisions in the Constitution, the
Labor Code, and the Child Code prohibit the use of child
labor.
2. While the NGOs and trade unions we contacted cited the
use of child labor in agricultural production (tobacco, rice,
and cotton),none of the organizations had evidence of any
systemic forced or exploitative child labor in the production
of goods, as specified reftel.
LITZENBERGER