Cocoa: Economic or Political

The International Labour Organization (ILO) operationalized the definition of adult forced labour in its 2012 guidance document, “Hard to see, harder to count – Survey View Entry

The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines child labor as “work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful View Entry

The International Labour Organization (ILO) guidelines operationalize the concept of forced labour specifically for children (ILO 2012, 17):

“For the purpose of these guidelines, forced View Entry

According to International Labour Organization Convention 182, there are four categories of the worst forms of child labor:

a) All forms of slavery or practices View Entry

A $400 per metric ton (MT) premium affixed to all cocoa sales from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the world’s first and second largest cocoa-producing countries, View Entry