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"ILO: Convention No 29 (1930) Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (entry into force 1932)" [2005] ELECD 250; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 27

Section Title: ILO: Convention No 29 (1930) Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (entry into force 1932)

Number of pages: 7

Extract:

27. ILO: Convention No 29 (1930) Concerning
Forced or Compulsory Labour (entry into
force 1932)

Commentary: For the failure of a government to effectively observe this
Convention, see ILO, `Report of the Commission of Inquiry appointed under Article
26 of the ILO Constitution to examine the observance by Myanmar of the Forced
Labour Convention', ILO Doc GB.273 (1998); ILO, `Second Report of the Director-
General to the members of the Governing Body on measures taken by Myanmar
following the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry established to exam-
ine its observance of the Forced Labour Convention', ILO Doc GB.277/6 (2000). For
the responses of the IOE and national employer organisations in this instance, see
ILO, `Developments concerning the question of the observance by Myanmar of the
Forced Labour Convention', ILO Doc GB.280/6 (2001): paras 22­31. See also, John
Doe I v Unocal Corp 963 F. Supp 880 (DC Cal 1997) & [2001] USCA9 270; 248 F.3d 915 (9th Cir 2001) &
vacated and rehearing granted en banc 2003 WL 359787 (9th Cir 2003); National
Coalition Gov't of the Union of Burma v Unocal Inc 176 FRD 329 (DC Cal 1997). For
academic commentary, see Ramasastry A. (2002), `Corporate complicity: from
Nuremberg to Rangoon: an examination of forced labor cases and their impact on
the liability of MNCs', Berkeley Journal of International Law, 20 (1), 91­151. See
further, Recommendation No 35 (1930) concerning Forced Labour (Indirect
Compulsion).




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