China Lawmakers to Discuss Approval of Forced-Labor Conventions
- Possible vote on next week’s standing committee meeting agenda
- Ratification would occur amid concerns about Uyghur treatment
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China’s top legislative body will discuss joining two international forced-labor treaties at a meeting next week, amid global concerns over the country’s treatment of the Uyghur ethnic minority.
Ratification of the Forced Labor Convention and Abolition of Forced Labor Convention is listed on the agenda when the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress meets April 18-20, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday. The conventions were respectively adopted in 1930 and 1957 by members of the International Labor Organization.