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08MASERU149
2008-05-20 05:59:00
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Embassy Maseru
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LESOTHO: REPORT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE

Tags:  EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI LT 
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R 200559Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY MASERU
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3694
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUCNSAD/SADC COLLECTIVE
RUEHMR/AMEMBASSY MASERU 4113
UNCLAS MASERU 000149 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AF/S, DRL/ILCSR (MARK MITTELHAUSER),G/TIP (STEVE STEINER); DEPT OF LABOR FOR DOL/ILAB (RACHEL RIGBY)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI LT
SUBJECT: LESOTHO: REPORT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE
PRODUCTION OF GOODS

REF: STATE 43120

UNCLAS MASERU 000149

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AF/S, DRL/ILCSR (MARK MITTELHAUSER),G/TIP (STEVE STEINER); DEPT OF LABOR FOR DOL/ILAB (RACHEL RIGBY)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI LT
SUBJECT: LESOTHO: REPORT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE
PRODUCTION OF GOODS

REF: STATE 43120


1. Per reftel request for information on the use of forced
labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods,
post contacted representatives of the International Labor
Organization (ILO),Lesotho's Office of the Commissioner of
Labor, and the Ministry of Trade. Post was not able to develop
any information on cases of forced or child labor in the
production of goods in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Lesotho's
manufacturing sector is dominated by textiles and garment
production. Lesotho law expressly prohibits employment in the
formal sector under the age of eighteen, and there is no
evidence of underage employment in manufacturing enterprises.
As noted in previous reports such as Lesotho's Country Report on
Human Rights, limited child labor is present in the
domestic/household and agricultural spheres.


2. The GOL has established a National Committee on Orphans and
Vulnerable Children which drafted a policy document on child
labor and trafficking. This document, written with the
assistance of ILO, will be reviewed by Lesotho's cabinet in June

2008.

MURPHY