Broken Hearts

Author: ILRF | Posted by: ILRF

Link: http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-forced-labor/cocoa-campaign/resources/12260

This is the latest report by the International Labor Rights Forum analyzing the chocolate industry's initiatives to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in West Africa's cocoa sector as part of the Harkin-Engel Protocol. The report is a follow-up on recent developments in the Harkin-Engel Protocol process since the publication of ILRF’s last cocoa industry report titled “The Cocoa Protocol: Success or Failure?” published on June 30, 2008. The report shows how chocolate companies have continued to exercise considerable control over these intiatives. As a result, the problem of child labor continues nine years after the industry committed to end these abuses.

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Link: Stop Child & Forced Labor - 2.9.2010
he International Labor Rights Forum has played a leading role in fighting to eradicate the child labor by highlighting the use of child labor in the production of imported goods from foreign countries, increasing consumer awareness and action, and promoting the passage of important legislation. ILRF works to advocate for the implementation of the International Labor Organization Conventions concerning child and forced labor.

Link: Cocoa Campaign - 2.9.2010
The International Labor Rights Forum is committed to combating the scourge of forced child labor in the cocoa industry through public education and corporate campaigns.