Publications and Resources
- Child Labor in Fall 2008 Uzbek Cotton Harvest
- International Labor Rights Forum 11/11/2008
- This new report from the International Labor Rights Forum and a group of human rights defenders in Uzbekistan documents continued child labor in cotton fields in Uzbekistan in the Fall 2008 harvest season.
- Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan’s 2008 Spring Agricultural Season
- International Labor Rights Forum and Human Rights Defenders in Uzbekistan 10/10/2008
- At the end of March and in early April this year, Uzbekistan’s parliament ratified the ILO Convention on Minimal Age of Employment (No. 138, 1973) and the Convention on Prohibition and Immediate Action for Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (No.
- Child Labour in Football Stitching Activitity in India
- BBA and ILRF 10/6/2008
- The sports ball industry is exposed for using child labor and slavery to produce soccer balls and volleyballs. In two Indian communities, child labor and debt bondage are estimated to impact thousands of children.
- Cotton and Child Labor Poster
- ILRF 8/18/2008
- Thousands of children around the world are forced to pick cotton. In India, child workers in the cottonseed industry are often in a state of debt bondage and work at least nine hours a day.
- The Heavy Load
- Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) 7/18/2008
- This report from Liberian-based Stop Firestone coalition member, the Save My Future Foundation, details human rights, labor and environmental abuses on the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia.
- The Cocoa Protocol: Success or Failure?
- International Labor Rights Forum 6/30/2008
- This report is our newest analysis of the implementation of the Harkin-Engel Protocol which was meant to eliminate child labor in the cocoa industry in West Africa. It was issued in advance of the July 1, 2008 Protocol deadline which is described in the report.
- Letters Regarding Cocoa Industry "Certification"
- 6/17/2008
- A number of organizations and chocolate companies sent these letters to Senator Harkin and Representative Engel expressing concern about the way the big chocolate companies have defined "certification" as part of the Harkin-Engel Protocol which is meant to end the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa industry.
- World Day Against Child Labor Letter to Firestone
- 6/12/2008
- In honor of World Day Against Child Labor, deliver this letter to your local Firestone Complete Auto Care store (find your local store here). Tell Firestone to stop using child labor on their rubber plantation in Liberia.
- ILRF Testimony on the DOL Child Labor Product List
- 5/28/2008
- This testimony was prepared by International Labor Rights Forum attorney Brian Campbell for the Department of Labor's public hearing to collect information to assist in the development of the list of goods from countries produced by child labor or forced labor.
- Letter to Jones Day Lawyers
- 5/6/2008
- This letter from the lawyers for the child laborers in the lawsuit against Firestone calls on Firestone's lawyers to ensure that the plaintiffs are not intimidated for giving depositions in the case.
