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1. Introduction
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... These meetings were designed to provide the CMILS with a broad range of international perspectives on the many complex issues related to monitoring compliance with international labor standards, particularly within developing countries. The CMILS has convened similar forums in the United States and held workshops examining data quality, assessing national legal frameworks, and exploring linlc~ges between human capital development and compliance with labor standards.
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... The final report will be accompanied by a webbased database, which compiles available sources of information on country compliance with labor standards. In convening the international forums, the CMILS was seeking not only to identify sources of information and indicators that may assist in measuring compliance with core labor standards, but also to gain a greater understanding of the national and regional context and factors that must be considered in such an endeavor but often escape statistical measurement.
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... KE Y THEMES AND ISSUES The forums in Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, and South Africa provided an opportunity for participants to discuss local, national, and regional issues relating to compliance with international labor standards. While some tOpics received greater attention on a regional basis such as child labor in Asia and the impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa—the three forums, when viewed together, demonstrate more similarities than differences when it comes to the challenges of adopting, promoting, and monitoring compliance with international labor standards.
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... Given these resource limitations combined, in some cases, with a lack of political will- building the capacity of the individuals within these institutions is of utmost importance, requiring education and training of inspectors, judges, workers, factory owners, and union leaders, among others. As noted by many presenters, the result is that national commitment to international labor standards, while expressed theoretically by ratification of ILO Conventions and the existence of legislative provisions on labor rights, is often found lacking in its practical application.
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