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Burundi government criticized by world labour body - New ICFTU Report on labour standards
In a new report on Burundi, produced to coincide with the 2 April WTO review of that country’s trade policy, the ICFTU reports on the continued violations of core international labour conventions and calls on the authorities to cease interference in the affairs of trade unions...The 7-page report also observes pervasive discrimination against women, including as concerns access to employment...The situation of child labour is alarming...Forced labour is prohibited by law but occurs in practice.