Resources

This report provides an overview of relevant national legislation and policies aiming to protect children from child labour in Ethiopia. It includes comparisons with international norms and standards on child labour, with a focus on those most applicable to child labour in agriculture and the coffee sector. In the absence of a national hazardous activity framework, the report draws on existing good practice and recent countrywide studies of child labour to propose a list of hazardous activities, which could be included in surveys to assess the prevalence of child labour in coffee growing areas

On September 14th 2022, the European Commission presented its proposal for a EU Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market. References to such a proposal were included in the EU Communication on Decent Work Worldwide as well as the EU Commission’s proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, both announced on February 23rd 2022. The proposal for a ban on goods produced with forced labour builds on the recommendations made by stakeholders as part of the call for evidence launched by the European Commission between May and June 20th 2022

The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, Forced Labour and Forced Marriage, produced by ILO, Walk Free and IOM, provides updated estimates of the total number of adults and children in modern slavery, forced labour and forced marriage worldwide, as well as disaggregated figures by region and by sector of employment. See the full report here.

On February 23rd, 2022, the European Commission publishes the long-awaited proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, developed under the leadership of European Commissioners Didier Reynders (DG Justice) and Thierry Breton (DG Internal Market). This summary, prepared by ICI , provides an overview of the main expectations set out in the text. It also includes as high-level comparison with the European Parliament’s legislative initiative of March 10th, 2021, as well as a comparison with ICI’s key messages.

This summary provides an overview of key findings and messages from a report commissioned by the European Commission, “Ending child labour and promoting sustainable cocoa production in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana”. The report seeks to provide a detailed analysis of the root causes of child labour, and to propose solutions to address them.