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Fiji - 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

ILO

This database supplies information on national labor administrations.

• Database on Labor Administration (ATLAS)
• Committee Assessment of Source

This source provides quantitative data on a set of 20 core labor market indicators.

KILM 1 provides data on labor force participation rates by gender and age group. KILM 2 provides data on employment-to-population ratio. KILM 3 provides data on wage and salaried workers and self-employed workers (by gender). KILM 4 provides data on the proportion of workers (by gender) in agriculture, industry, and services. KILM 5 provides data on part-time workers (by gender). KILM 6 provides data on the number of persons working more than 40 hours a week as a percentage of total employment. KILM 7 provides data on urban informal sector employment (number of people employed by gender and percentage of urban employment by gender). KILM 8 provides data on the number of unemployed workers by gender and the unemployment rate for males/females. KILM 14 provides data on educational attainment of population 25 years and older, including tertiary education. KILM 15 provides data on nominal and real manufacturing wage indices for male/female. KILM 18 includes data on poverty and income distr

• Key Indicators of the Labor Market (KILM)
• Committee Assessment of Source

Reports to the ILO Governing Body may contain information on country requests and participation in technical assistance projects.

• Committee on Technical Cooperation Reports
• Committee Assessment of Source

International Labor Organization

Information on ratification status, Article 22 reports and comments from the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations.

• APPLIS Database
• Committee Assessment of Source

This database contains information from governments, employers' and workers' organizations, that have a role to play under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

• Annual Review Database
• Committee Assessment of Source

As part of the Follow-up to the Declaration, the ILO Director-General submits a Global Report on one of the four categories of fundamental principles and rights at work to the tripartite International Labour Conference each June.

• Global Reports
• Committee Assessment of Source

Database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department. Records in NATLEX provide abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, and they are indexed by keywords and by subject classifications. Each record in NATLEX appears in only one of the three ILO official languages (English/French/Spanish).

• NATLEX
• Committee Assessment of Source

ILOLEX is a trilingual database containing ILO Conventions and Recommendations, ratification information, comments of the Committee of Experts and the Committee on Freedom of Association, representations, complaints, interpretations, General Surveys, and numerous related documents.

• ILOLEX Database of International Labor Standards
• Committee Assessment of Source

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

Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics

This site includes labor market, education, and gender data under the links for social indicators and economic indicators.

• Committee Assessment of Source

Government, Fiji

Potentially useful information available in English

• Government, Fiji, website
• Committee Assessment of Source

Ministry of Education, Fiji

Potentially useful information available in English

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

Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Productivity, Fiji

Potentially useful information available in English

• Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Productivity, Fiji, 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

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

Brief country-specific reports on issues of compliance with internationally recognized core labor standards.

• Country Reports: WTO & Labour Standards
• Committee Assessment of Source

The 2003 edition of the Annual Survey details violations of trade union rights in 133 countries during the year 2002. These violations range from provisions in national legislation which restrict legitimate trade union activity, through outright bans on freedom of association, to intimidation, wrongful detention, torture and murder of trade unionists.

• Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights
• Committee Assessment of Source