ILO holds monitoring of child labour in Uzbekistan

The monitoring is aimed at studying implementation of the ILO conventions related to child labour and normative documents, resolutions of the Government and national law, as well as studying current state of attendance of students at schools, academic lyceums and colleges.

Coordination Council on child labour off Uzbekistan formed 8 territorial groups, which included representatives of Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Populaion, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan, Federation of Trade Unions and regional NGOs. The ILO experts are participating in monitoring and providing technical support.

On 18-20 September, the ILO experts paid visit to Tashkent, Syrdarya and Jizzakh regions.

On 18 September, the ILO experts visited four farms and three colleges in Chinaz district of Tashkent region and Syrdarya district of Syrdarya region. During the visit, they studied conditions created for cotton pickers, mechanization of cotton picking, absence of children under the age of 18 at cotton fields, attendance of students at colleges and schools.

During the monitoring, the experts of ILO revealed voluntary participation of cotton pickers and studied issues related with food provision, payment for their work, collection of cotton with machines, etc. The ILO experts did not find out any children under age of 18.

The monitoring is continuing in the regions of Uzbekistan. In the result of the monitoring, it is planned to develop recommendations for corresponding organizations and local authorities on further improving implementation of national legislation and ILO Conventions.