The Committee is gravely concerned about the use of forced labour as a corrective measure, without charge, trial or review, under the Re education through Labour (laodong jiaoyang) programme.

Target 3 Measures towards eliminating trafficking of children, sexual exploitation, child labour, and use of children in armed conflict

In many rural indigenous communities, the use of child labour in agricultural work and related activities is essential for families' survival.

Furthermore, an undetermined number of children have been abducted by fighting forces for use as child labour or for sexual purposes.

Benin also cooperated with neighbouring countries, including Togo and Nigeria, to combat trafficking in children for use as labour.

The First Congress considered the possibilities of open penal and correctional institutions, the selection and training of prison personnel and the proper use of prison labour.

This response provided an overview of the measures the Government plans to use in its efforts to continue to increase labour participation among ethnic minorities.

The use of labour intensive methods was helping to create jobs in rural areas while providing the improved road network that was required for economic growth.

Other efforts to improve the human rights situation included a law prohibiting the use of child labour and a legislative act to ensure the religious rights of citizens.

The Labour of Freedom

Measurement of labour input

Labour

Labour

Time use surveys had been conducted in several countries,15 inter alia, to document time spent by women and men in paid and unpaid labour.

Avenues to redress discriminatory practices through the government machinery are available through the Public Service Commission, Office of the Ombudsman, Labour Department, Unions or through the use of private lawyers.

It hoped that the Government would use the ongoing revision of the Labour Code as an opportunity to bring its legislation into full conformity with the requirements of the Convention.

Progressive elimination of child labour

(See sexual division of labour.

(e) Under Republic of Tajikistan labour law, all citizens have equal opportunities in the sphere of labour relations.

(iv) Consideration of the value of developing, in cooperation with the International Labour Organization, indicators for forced labour

Child labour

Labour employment

Labour Code

Recently adopted legislation included the new Labour Law, the Law on Labour Protection, a number of regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers on employment and labour protection and the Administrative Procedure Law.

These include the Women Labour Research Center under the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, which has been renamed as Women Labour and Gender Research Center.

Time use surveys as part of national household survey programmes and collecting statistics desegregated by gender on time spent on activities both in the household and on the labour market.

Prohibition of slavery and forced labour.

(h) The violations of the rights of the child, including the recruitment and use of children as soldiers and the subjection of children to forced labour, in contravention of human rights and international law

Labour laws do not yet provide cover to the entire Pakistani labour force.

(a) Undertake studies to assess the incidence and nature of child labour, in particular the worst forms of child labour

Changes in other relevant legislation on the labour market occurred in autumn 2000, with adoption of the Law on Changes and Amendments of Labour Law in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Labour Law in Republika Srpska, which introduced modern labour legislation and rescinded lay off .

Administrative Framework The administrative framework relating to labour issues is the Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis at the federal level and the Labour Departments at the provincial level.

FBiH Labour Law

RS Labour Law

International Labour Organization

Labour Justice Solidarity

Labour Inspectorate survey

International Labour Office

As for the concern over underage girls being used as domestic labour, the delegation had not been trying to justify the use of children as domestic labour but to explain the attitude of the rural families, who would rather see their daughter living in a good family than out on the streets of the town.

ECLAC and UNDP recently joined forces to develop instruments to approximate the impact of macroeconomic and external shocks on labour and household incomes through the use of a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model.

43. Welcomes the progress made by the International Labour Organization in the preparation of a consolidated maritime labour convention

(e) By adhering to internationally recognized labour standards and considering as a matter of priority joining the International Labour Organization and becoming a party to the International Labour Organization Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, 1930 (No. 29) and the Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182)

As explained previously, review of labour legislation is one of the tasks of the Ministry of Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis.

(d) Promoting women's equal access to labour markets, sustainable employment and adequate labour protection

Labour movements are particularly strong in Austria and have large influence on labour politics.