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“The Harvest Is in My Blood” Hazardous Child Labor in Tobacco Farming in Indonesia WATCH HUMAN RIGHTS “The Harvest is in My Blood” Hazardous Child Labor in Tobacco Farming in Indonesia WATCH “The Harvest is in My Blood” Hazardous Child Labor in Tobacco Farming in Indonesia Copyright © 2016 Human Rights Watch All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 978-1-6231-33504 Cover design by Rafael Jimenez Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. Human Rights Watch is an international organization with staff in more than 40 countries, and offices in Amsterdam, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Goma, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Nairobi, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo, Toronto, Tunis, Washington DC, and Zurich. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.hrw.org MAY 2016 ISBN: 978-1-6231-33504 “The Harvest is in My Blood” Hazardous Child Labor in Tobacco Farming in Indonesia Map .................................................................................................................................... I Summary ........................................................................................................................... 1 Methodology .................................................................................................................... 23 Terminology ........................................................................................................................... 24 I. Background: Tobacco in Indonesia ................................................................................ 26 Tobacco Production ............................................................................................................... 26 Tobacco Farming and Curing Process ...................................................................................... 27 Tobacco Consumption in Indonesia ....................................................................................... 28 II. Child Labor in Tobacco Farming in Indonesia ................................................................ 31 Child Tobacco Workers ........................................................................................................... 31 Children’s Jobs on Tobacco Farms ........................................................................................... 32 Wages .................................................................................................................................... 33 Why Children Work ................................................................................................................. 35 III. Hazardous Work in Tobacco Farming............................................................................ 38 Nicotine ................................................................................................................................. 39 Pesticides and Other Chemicals ............................................................................................. 46 Lack of Safety Training ............................................................................................................ 53 Heat ....................................................................................................................................... 55 Other Illnesses ....................................................................................................................... 57 Sharp Tools ............................................................................................................................ 61 Working at Heights in Barns .................................................................................................... 63 Repetitive Motions ................................................................................................................ 64 Heavy Loads .......................................................................................................................... 66 IV. Working Hours and Impact on Education ...................................................................... 70 Working Hours ........................................................................................................................ 70 Impact on Education ............................................................................................................... 72 V. The Indonesian Government’s Obligations .................................................................... 75 International Legal Standards ................................................................................................. 75 National Legal and Regulatory Framework ............................................................................... 78 Government Efforts to Address Child Labor ............................................................................ 80 Inadequate Enforcement ......................................................................................................... 81 The Way Forward: Protecting Children from Hazardous Work ................................................... 81 VI. Child Labor and the Tobacco Supply Chain: The Responsibility of Companies.............. 84 Corporate Responsibility ....................................................................................................... 84 Tobacco Supply Chain in Indonesia........................................................................................ 86 Lack of Human Rights Due Diligence in the Open Market System ............................................. 87 Risks in the Direct Contracting System ................................................................................... 94 Human Rights Due Diligence by Tobacco Companies .............................................................. 98 Other Company Efforts to Reduce Child Labor ....................................................................... 110 Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 112 To the Government of Indonesia ........................................................................................... 112 To All Companies Purchasing Tobacco from Indonesia .......................................................... 114 To the Indonesian Cigarette Manufacturers Association (GAPPRI) .......................................... 116 To Tobacco Traders ................................................................................................................ 117 To Tobacco Farmers Associations ........................................................................................... 117 To the International Labour Organization ............................................................................... 117 Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................... 119 Map I HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | MAY 2016 SUMMARY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | MAY A boy’s hands after harvesting tobacco leaves on a farm near Sampang, East Java. “When we’re harvesting, I often feel sick because of the smell of the wet tobacco leaves, and I get a strong headache…. Sometimes it’s hard to breathe when there’s a lot of tobacco leaves near me. I can’t describe it. I get such a headache. I’m dizzy. I see stars, and everything just looks bright.” “R ,” 14, S , E J 4 “THE HARVEST IS IN MY BLOOD” Ayu is a petite, soft-spoken 13-year-old girl from a village near Garut, in the mountains of West Java, Indonesia.1 She is one of five children in her family, and her parents are farmers who cultivate tobacco and other crops on a small plot of land. “Since I was a kid, I’ve been going to the fields,” she said. “My parents plant tobacco. Mostly I help my parents and sometimes my neighbors. I have an older sister, an older brother, and two younger siblings. They help too.” Ayu is in her first year of junior high school, and she mostly helps on the farm outside of school—early in the morning before classes, in the afternoons, and on weekends and holidays. But she told Human Rights Watch she occasionally missed school to work in tobacco farming. “My mom asked me to skip school last year when it was the harvest,” she said. She told Human Rights Watch she vomits every year while harvesting tobacco: I was throwing up when I was so tired from harvesting and carrying the [harvested tobacco] leaf. My stomach is like, I can’t explain, it’s stinky in my mouth. I threw up so many times…. My dad carried me home. It happened when we were harvesting. It was so hot, and I was so tired…. The smell is not good when we’re harvesting. I’m always throwing up every time I’m harvesting. The symptoms she described—vomiting and nausea—are consistent with acute nicotine poisoning, an occupational illness specific to tobacco farming that occurs when workers absorb nicotine through their skin while having contact with tobacco plants. Ayu also helps her father mix the toxic pesticides he applies to the tobacco. “I just put three or four cups of the chemical in the bucket, put in the water, and mix it with [a piece of]
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