Forced Labour Still Prevails: An Overview of Forced Labour Practices in North Arakan, Burma

By The Arakan Project • May 30, 2012

This report by the Arakan Project offers an overview of forced labour practices in Northern Arakan/Rakhine State of Burma/Myanmar over a 6-month period – from November 2011 to May 2012 – corresponding to the dry season 2011/2012. It updates our previous submission “Forced labour after the elections” dated 22 August 20111.

Its key objective is to provide up-to-date information to the International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC) for input at the Special Sitting on Burma/Myanmar of the ILO Committee on the Application of Standards to be held on 2 June 2012 during the International Labour Conference and for incorporation in the ITUC annual submission to the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) reviewing Myanmar’s compliance with ILO Convention 29.

This submission is primarily based on field reports from sources within Maungdaw and Buthidaung Townships of North Arakan, complemented and corroborated by 18 testimonies collected among Rohingya seasonal migrants and visitors interviewed in South-East Bangladesh between March and May 2012 as well as among Rohingya boat people who had arrived in Malaysia in early 2012. It provides an analysis of trends and practices while interview excerpts are included as an appendix.

Download the report here.

Tags: Arakan State, Forced Labor, Human Rights, Labor Rights, Rohingya, The Arakan Project

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Forced Labour Still Prevails: An Overview of Forced Labour Practices in North Arakan, Burma

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