Nauru | Human Rights Abuses and Risks

Last Updated: Aug 2024

EVIDENCE | Forced labor, child labor, and/or human trafficking in seafood

Source Details
U.S. Department of Labor
2024 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor
Not profiled in report
U.S. Department of Labor
2023 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Not profiled in report
U.S. Department of State
2024 Trafficking in Persons Report
Not profiled in report
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch
Seafood Social Risk Tool Profile
No country risk profile available
Additional civil society organization reports documenting human rights abuses:
N/A

RISK FACTORS

Risk Factor​ Status Details
Flag of Convenience
(International Transport Workers Federation)
No Flags of Convenience are connected to the occurrence of human trafficking and forced labor in fishing. Vessels registered to Flag of Convenience states may lack a legitimate connection to the flag state and may be subject to less rigorous management and oversight by the flag state.
Active yellow or red card for failing to tackle illegal fishing
(European Union)
No The European Union gives countries yellow and red cards for failing in their requirements under international law to take action against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. There is evidence linking IUU fishing to an increased risk of human trafficking and forced labor on board fishing vessels.
Failure to ratify key treaties and international labor conventions

Ratifying key treaties and international labor conventions indicates a country’s commitment to uphold international standards.

  • Port State Measures Agreement: Not ratified
  • ILO C188 Work in Fishing Convention: Not ratified. While Nauru is not a member of the ILO, labor rights are applicable to workers everywhere.
  • ILO Core Labor Conventions: Not a member of the ILO, therefore has not ratified 10 of 10. While Nauru is not a member of the ILO, labor rights are applicable to workers everywhere.
    • C029 - Forced Labour Convention
    • C087 - Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
    • C098 - Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
    • C100 - Equal Remuneration Convention
    • C105 - Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
    • C111 - Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
    • C138 - Minimum Age Convention
    • C155 - Occupational Safety and Health Convention
    • C182 - Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
    • C187 - Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention