Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

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Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

Books, Articles, and Reports - Harkin-Engel Protocol and Related Documents

This section includes the Harkin-Engel Protocol and subsequent official releases related to the Protocol.

CMA (2001). Protocol for the growing and processing of cocoa beans and their derivate products in a maner in a manner that complies with ILO convention 182 concerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labor. Chocolate Manufacturers Association of the United States of America. September 19, 2001. Download…

Joint statement (cocoa/chocolate industry), November 30, 2001. Download…

Joint statement from US Senator Tom Harkin, Representative Eliot Engel and the chocolate/cocoa industry on efforts to address the worst forms of child labor in cocoa growing. Protocol work continues, July 1, 2005. Download...