Assessment report: task 5.1.6: assess efforts of governments, industry, and workers’ organizations to address child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector in Brazil, Ecuador, and Indonesia

This report assesses the current landscape of efforts to address child labor and forced labor in the cocoa supply chains in Ecuador, Brazil, and Indonesia. The main research questions focused on (a) the identification of efforts of governments, industry, and civil society organizations to address child and forced labor in the cocoa sectors; (b) identification of the challenges encountered in these efforts; (c) review of situations that could potentially increase child and forced labor in the cocoa supply chain; and (d) identification of indications that these child labor and forced labor situations exist in the cocoa sector in these countries.