1. Matt Fischer-Daly Cotton Campaign Coordinator International Labor Rights Forum 19 December 2013

3. Forced-labor system of production. State demands farmers ‘meet cotton production quota, or lose your land’

4. Systematic Forced Child Labor: Most 15-17, some as young as 11 Parents & students required to sign commitments that children pick cotton Pick cotton, Pay “fine”, or Expulsion from school

5. Forced Labor Adults Public & Private Sectors Penalties for refusal: loss of job, salary, benefits, tax fines

6. © Human Rights Watch, 2013 IMPRISONED UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

7. World Bank in Uzbekistan Rural Enterprise Support Project (RESP) II approved in 2008 Additional funding approved 2012 US$ 25.7 million to 317 agribusinesses Ignored state-sponsored forced labor of children & adults Inspection Panel Registered & Investigated Complaint