VOA Uzbek: Human rights group urges Uzbekistan to uphold reforms
Uzbekistan "has made significant progress in eliminating widespread state-imposed forced labor," according to the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights. The group is urging the Uzbek…
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Financial challenges threaten Uzbekistan cotton sector
WASHINGTON – The Cotton Campaign has called on Uzbekistan to strengthen its reforms in order to address structural issues that contribute to ongoing forced labour…
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Pickers and Clusters: A Complex Array of Issues Confronts Uzbekistan’s Evolving Cotton Industry
The 2024 harvest saw a shortage of pickers, government backtracking on positive legislation, and issues stemming from the cotton cluster system; problems rooted in continued…
Read MoreA/HRC/58/50/Add.1 Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Balakrishnan Rajagopal-Advance edited version
The Special Rapporteur on the Right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to…
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Uzbekistan: rights violations at Indorama Agro cotton project - IFC Exposed
Multiple violations of labor rights, illegal land confiscations, loss of livelihoods, and intimidation and retaliations against workers and rights monitors. Workers are in perpetual insecure…
Read MoreHow multilateral development banks can empower civil society in the Western Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia
Multilateral development banks play a crucial role in advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals worldwide, including in the Western Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia.…
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EBRD’s Independent Project Accountability Mechanism investigates the Indorama Agro cotton project in Uzbekistan
Following multiple allegations of human rights violations by Indorama Agro on a controversial cotton project funded by public development banks, the European Bank for Reconstruction…
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German firms urged to address human rights risks in Uzbek cotton sector
German companies, supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the German textile sector, are increasingly exploring Uzbekistan as a potential market.…
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Major brands linked to forced labour in cotton sector | Weekly Update 08/01/25
Transparentem, Uzbek Forum for Human Rights An investigation by NGO Transparentem links labour violations - including forced and child labour - on cotton farms in India to…
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