China's Xi Jinping leadership has decided to ratify the ILO-International Labor Organization Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labor.
While avoiding the criticism of the international community that forced labor is being carried out in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, it seems that there is also an aim to advance the conclusion of an investment agreement in which the EU-European Union has frozen the procedure on human rights issues.
On the 20th, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China decided to ratify two treaties of the ILO = International Labor Organization on the abolition of forced labor.
Ratified by the ILO's treaties of 1930 and 1957, respectively, it requires ratifying countries to ban forced labor as a means of political pressure and religious discrimination.
Upon ratification of the treaty, China will be obliged to report to the ILO the steps taken to implement the treaty, including the development of domestic legislation.
In China, the international community has expressed concern that forced labor is being carried out on Uighurs, an ethnic minority group, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and it seems that China is aiming to avoid criticism by ratifying the treaty. increase.
Especially with the EU, in negotiations on an investment agreement that has been generally agreed upon, China is working toward ratification of the treaty, and it seems that there is also an aim to advance the conclusion of the agreement where the EU has frozen the procedure. increase.