ILAB in Nicaragua

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking (OCFT) Technical Cooperation Projects Education Initiative: Regional capacity building SIMPOC: National survey Sector Program: Coffee production Sector Program: Commercial sexual exploitation Other: Regional database Sector Program (Phases 1-2): Commercial agriculture, Regional Coordination Sector Program: Commercial sexual exploitation Sector Program: Grain production, Farming/stockbreeding Sector Program: Garbage dumps

Office of Trade and Labor Affairs – Trade Agreement Administration & Technical Cooperation (OTLA-TAATC)

• Labor Law Compliance (Comply and Win Project)
• Labor Justice Training
• Workers Rights Centers

U.S. Department of Labor's Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor

This annual report, required by the Trade and Development Act of 2000, presents the findings of the Secretary of Labor with respect to trade beneficiary countries' implementation of international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor.

• 2006 Report (PDF)
• 2005 Report (PDF)

Free Trade Agreements (FTA) Reports

U.S.-Central American and the Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)

The United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua signed the CAFTA-DR in August 2004. The CAFTA-DR agreement for Nicaragua entered into force on April 1, 2006.

Pursuant to section 2102 (c) of the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-210), the President is required to prepare several reports to the Congress related to new free trade agreements. Among these reports are a United States Employment Impact Review, Labor Rights Report, and Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report. The Department of Labor, in consultation with other federal agencies, has been delegated the responsibility for preparing these three reports.

• United States Employment Impact Review of the CAFTA-DR (June 2005)
• Labor Rights Report: CAFTA-DR (June 2005)
• Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report: CAFTA-DR (June 2005)

For more information about the CAFTA-DR, please visit the USTR Web site.