Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Lao People's Democratic Republic (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee notes with satisfaction that the amended Labour Law, 2006, has repealed and replaced the Labour Law of 1994, which contained a provision (section 4) exempting from the prohibition of forced labour any work performed in accordance with a resolution adopted by local authorities, where such work constituted an obligation on all citizens in the common interest of the nation.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.