Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10SEOUL200
2010-02-09 08:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Seoul
Cable title:
RESPONSE TO DOL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ROK USE
how-toVZCZCXYZ0001 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHUL #0200 0400840 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 090840Z FEB 10 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL TO RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHINGTON DC RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7017 INFO RUCNKOR/KOREA COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SEOUL 000200
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB FOR LEYLA STROTKAMP, RACHEL RIGBY, TINA MCCARTER
AND DRL/ILCSR FOR SARAH MORGAN AND G/TIP FOR LUIS CDEBACA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB KCRM PHUM KWMN KFRD KTIP KS
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO DOL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ROK USE
OF FORCED LABOR
REF: 2009 SECSTATE 131997
UNCLAS SEOUL 000200
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB FOR LEYLA STROTKAMP, RACHEL RIGBY, TINA MCCARTER
AND DRL/ILCSR FOR SARAH MORGAN AND G/TIP FOR LUIS CDEBACA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB KCRM PHUM KWMN KFRD KTIP KS
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO DOL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ROK USE
OF FORCED LABOR
REF: 2009 SECSTATE 131997
1. (SBU) Following consultations with government officials,
NGOs, and members of the National Assembly, Post has no
reason to believe that any specific goods in South Korea are
produced by forced labor in violation of international
standards. For more information on populations vulnerable to
labor trafficking in South Korea, please refer to Post's
forthcoming submission to the annual Trafficking in Persons
report.
2. (SBU) Korea is a signatory to the following ILO
conventions:
--ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at
Work, including four of the eight core conventions in the
Declaration: Equal Remuneration Convention; Discrimination
(employment and occupation) Convention; Minimum Age
Convention; and Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention;
--other ILO conventions including the following: Labor
Inspection; Occupational Safety and Health; and Promotional
Framework for Occupational Safety and Health.
STEPHENS
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB FOR LEYLA STROTKAMP, RACHEL RIGBY, TINA MCCARTER
AND DRL/ILCSR FOR SARAH MORGAN AND G/TIP FOR LUIS CDEBACA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB KCRM PHUM KWMN KFRD KTIP KS
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO DOL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ROK USE
OF FORCED LABOR
REF: 2009 SECSTATE 131997
1. (SBU) Following consultations with government officials,
NGOs, and members of the National Assembly, Post has no
reason to believe that any specific goods in South Korea are
produced by forced labor in violation of international
standards. For more information on populations vulnerable to
labor trafficking in South Korea, please refer to Post's
forthcoming submission to the annual Trafficking in Persons
report.
2. (SBU) Korea is a signatory to the following ILO
conventions:
--ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at
Work, including four of the eight core conventions in the
Declaration: Equal Remuneration Convention; Discrimination
(employment and occupation) Convention; Minimum Age
Convention; and Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention;
--other ILO conventions including the following: Labor
Inspection; Occupational Safety and Health; and Promotional
Framework for Occupational Safety and Health.
STEPHENS