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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that “everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests” (Article 23, Section 4).

This report evaluates the continued use of forced child labor in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan.  The update is based on information gathered by human rights defenders within  Uzbekistan from September through November 2009.  Contrary to the government of Uzbekistan’s assertions that it has banned forced child labor, this report indicates that the government continues to compel children to pick cotton, closing schools and using other coercive measures to enforce compliance.

This section of the Customs Reauthorization Bill would ban the importation into the US of products made with convict, forced or child labor and create an office in the Department of Homeland Security to report annually to Congress on goods produced using these exploitative forms of labor that have been barred from entering the country.