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Bhutan - Forced Labor

Indicators

The following indicators should be considered when conducting assessments of compliance (click on links for details):

Legal Framework

• ILO 29 - Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (A-1)
• ILO 105 - Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (A-2)
• ILO 182 - Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (A-3)
• Prohibition of principal forms of forced labor (A-4)

Government Performance

• Labor Inspectorate (B-1, B-6)
• Administrative or Judicial Complaint Mechanism (B-2, B-3)
• Community-based programs to combat forced labor (B-4)
• Government sponsored credit institutions (B-5)
• International Technical Assistance (B-7)
• Government Support of NGO Activities (B-8)

Overall Outcomes

• Statistics and reports on persons removed from forced labor (C-1)
• Statistics and reports on rehabilitation of forced laborers (C-2)
• Statistics and reports on persons returning to forced labor (C-3)
• Statistics and reports on workers still in prohibited forms of forced labor (C-4): Slavery and Abductions
• Statistics and reports on workers still in prohibited forms of forced labor (C-4): Compulsory Participation in Public Works Projects
• Statistics and reports on workers still in prohibited forms of forced labor (C-4): Coercive Recruitment Systems, Particularly in Remote Areas
• Statistics and reports on workers still in prohibited forms of forced labor (C-4): Bonded Labor, Including Bonded Child Labor
• Statistics and reports on workers still in prohibited forms of forced labor (C-4): Trafficking in Persons
• Statistics and reports on workers still in prohibited forms of forced labor (C-4): Domestic Workers in Forced Labor Situations
• Statistics and reports on workers still in prohibited forms of forced labor (C-4): Prison Labor and Rehabilitation Through Work

Associated Factors

• Percentage of population in poverty (D-1)
• Employment-Population Ratio (D-2)
• Percentage of population located in rural areas (D-3)
• Percentage of children under 14 not enrolled in school (D-4)
• Percentage of children under 14 in wage employment (D-5)
• Percentage of labor force earning less than 50% of median wage (D-6)
• Percentage of labor force working over 60 hours/week (D-7)
• Percentage of population working in the informal economy (D-8)
• Informal economy employment as a percentage of Employment (D-9)

Sources

International Sources

UN Development Program (UNDP)

Human development indicators provide quantitative data related to poverty, gender development, and education. Ratifications of core labor standard conventions are also provided. See also indicators on millenium development goals and technical notes.

• Human Development Reports
• Committee Assessment of Source

United Nations

Includes State Party Reports and the Conclusions and Observations of UN Committees relating to the CCPR, CEDAW, CERD, CESCR, CMW, CRC.

• Treaty Body Database
• Committee Assessment of Source

National Sources

Department of Labor, Bhutan

Potentially useful information available in English

• Department of Labor, Bhutan, website
• Committee Assessment of Source

Ministry of Agriculture, Bhutan

Potentially useful information available in English

• Ministry of Agriculture, Bhutan, website
• Committee Assessment of Source

Ministry of Education, Bhutan

Potentially useful information available in English

• Ministry of Education, Bhutan, website
• Committee Assessment of Source

Ministry of Finance, Bhutan

Potentially useful information available in English

• Ministry of Finance, Bhutan, website
• Committee Assessment of Source

Ministry of Labour and Human Development, Bhutan

Potentially useful information available in English

• Ministry of Labour and Human Development, Bhutan, website
• Committee Assessment of Source

Ministry of Trade and Industries, Bhutan

Potentially useful information available in English

• Ministry of Trade and Industries, Bhutan, website
• Committee Assessment of Source

U.S. Government Sources

U.S. State Department

Section 6C covers "Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor" and Section 6F covers "Trafficking in Persons

• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
• Committee Assessment of Source

Nongovernmental Organizations

Human Rights Watch

These reports detail the problem of child soldiers and make recommendations for solutions.

• Child Soldier Reports
• Committee Assessment of Source

Solidar

Updates include news snippets on trade and labor standards, with special attention to the role of the European Union in the WTO

• International Updates
• Committee Assessment of Source