Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports

Cambodia

Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholic Beverages
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Bovines
Bovines
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Bricks
Bricks
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Fish
Fish
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Manioc/Cassava
Manioc/Cassava
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Meat
Meat
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Rubber
Rubber
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Salt
Salt
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Shrimp
Shrimp
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Sugarcane
Sugarcane
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Textiles
Textiles
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Timber
Timber
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Tobacco
Tobacco
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Cambodia
2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor:

Minimal Advancement – Efforts Made but Continued Practice that Delayed Advancement

In 2021, Cambodia made minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The government launched its first 5-year National Action Plan to Prevent and Respond to Online Child Sexual Exploitation (2021–2025). The government also held campaigns and workshops to raise awareness about child labor and gender equity in the freshwater fishing sector. However, despite new initiatives to address child labor, Cambodia is assessed as having made only minimal advancement because it continued to implement practices that delay advancement to eliminate child labor. The government failed to take active measures to investigate, prosecute, convict, and sentence public officials who participate in or facilitate the worst forms of child labor, including commercial sexual exploitation of children and debt-based forced labor in brick kilns. In addition, judges were reported to have accepted bribes in return for dismissal of charges, acquittal, and reduced sentencing for individuals committing such crimes, especially for those with alleged ties to the government. Children in Cambodia are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking, and in forced labor in brickmaking. In addition, the government did not publicly release information on its criminal law enforcement efforts.

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