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The Rehab Archipelago
Forced Labor and Other Abuses in Drug Detention Centers in Southern Vietnam
Summary
Key
Recommendations
Map of Drug
Detention Centers Under Ho Chi Minh City Administration
Methodology
I.
Vietnam’s Drug Detention Centers
Overview
Government
Policies towards Drug Use
Ho Chi Minh
City’s Centers
II. Findings
Detention
without Due Process
Forced Labor
Labor Rights
and Conditions of Detention
Ill-Treatment
of Detainees
Abuses
against Children
Drug
Treatment
III.
External Involvement
Overview
Major Donors
and Specific Projects
Inadequate
Attention to Human Rights Abuses
Training in
Compulsory Treatment
HIV-Focused
Engagement
Capacity
Building of Centers
Subsidizing
Detention Costs
Non-Engagement
by Donors
IV. Full
Recommendations
To the
Vietnamese Government
To
Vietnamese and Foreign Companies That Have Commercial Relationships with Drug
Detention Centers in Vietnam
To United
Nations Agencies, including UNODC, WHO, OHCHR and UNAIDS
To the
Special Rapporteurs on Torture and on the Right to Health
To the UN
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Committee on the Rights of the
Child
To the
Association of Southeastern Nations Inter-Governmental Commission on Human
Rights (AICHR)
To the
International Labour Organization
To Bilateral
and Multilateral Donors and NGOs Assisting Vietnam on Drugs or HIV/AIDS Issues
To
Vietnam’s Trading Partners
Acknowledgements
Annex 1:
Letter to Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs
Annex 2:
Template of Letters to Companies
Annex 3:
Template of Letters to Donors and Implementers
Annex 4:
Wage Sheet from Duc Hanh Medical Treatment Center
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