A/HRC/30/35 25. Despite the various measures taken to eradicate the worst forms of child labour from the carpet industry, these forms were reported to continue to exist in handmade carpet production units in South Asia, in which carpets are produced for export mainly to the United States of America.18 Various studies have reported the existence of contemporary forms of slavery and labour exploitation in the construction industry19 and forced labour in the manufacturing of electronic goods has also been the subject of recent research.20 26. The food processing and packaging industry has been frequently implicated in labour exploitation that can amount to contemporary forms of slavery, particularly in fish and seafood processing in parts of South-East Asia.21 Reports have been made involving workers enslaved on fishing vessels in the region. 22 27. The mining23 and forestry24 sectors have also been cited in reports on forced labour in supply chains. Here risks include vulnerability arising from the isolated nature of 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 8 industry” (2014) (www.indianet.nl/FlawedFabrics.html); Anti-Slavery International, “Slavery on the high street: forced labour in the manufacture of garments for international brands” (2012) (www.antislavery.org/includes/documents/cm_docs/2012/s/1_slavery_on_the_high_street_june_2012 _final.pdf). See Siddharth Kara, Tainted carpets Slavery and Child Labor in India’s Hand-Made Carpet Sector (2014, Harvard University). See, for example, Human Rights Watch, “Migrant Workers’ Rights on Saadiyat Island in the United Arab Emirates” (2015) (www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/ uae0215_ForUploadR.pdf); Business and Human Rights Centre, “Labour rights and the Qatar World Cup 2022” (http://business-humanrights.org/en/major-sporting-events/labour-rights-and-the-qatarworld-cup-2022); and Human Rights Watch, “Building a Better World Cup Protecting Migrant Workers in Qatar Ahead of FIFA 2022” (2012) (www.hrw.org/reports/2012/06/12/building-betterworld-cup). ILO referred to the response of a major United States electronics company to allegations of forced labour in factories in China in its publication Combating Forced Labour: A Handbook for Employers & Business, Good Practice Case Studies, Part 7 (2008), pp. 5–7. See also China Labor Watch, “Is Samsung Infringing Upon Apple’s Patent to Bully Workers?” (2012) (www.chinalaborwatch.org/upfile/2012_9_4/Samsung%20Report%200904-v3.pdf) and “Beyond Foxconn: Deplorable Working Conditions Characterize Apple’s Entire Supply Chain” (2012) (www.chinalaborwatch.org/upfile/2012_8_13/2012627-5.pdf); and Verité, “Forced Labor in the Production of Electronic Goods in Malaysia: A Comprehensive Study of Scope and Characteristics” (2014) (www.verite.org/sites/default/files/images/VeriteForcedLaborMalaysian Electronics2014.pdf). See, for example, ILO, Caught at sea: forced labour and trafficking in fisheries (2013) (www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/--declaration/documents/publication/wcms_214472.pdf); Environmental Justice Foundation, Slavery at Sea: the continued plight of trafficked migrants in Thailand’s fishing industry (2014) (http://ejfoundation.org/sites/default/files/public/EJF_Slavery-at-Sea_report_2014_web-ok.pdf). Robin McDowell and others, “Slavery taints global supply of seafood: AP investigation”, Washington Times, 25 March 2015 (www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/25/slavery-taints-global-supplyseafood). See A/HRC/18/30. See also Human Rights Watch, “Precious Metal, Cheap Labor – Child Labor and Corporate Responsibility in Ghana’s Artisanal Gold Mines” (2015) (www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/ghana0515_forinsertLR2.pdf); Stop Child Labour and India Committee of the Netherlands, Rock Bottom: modern slavery and child labour in South Indian granite quarries (2015) (www.indianet.nl/RockBottom.html); Verité, “Risk Analysis of Indicators of Forced Labor and Human Trafficking in Illegal Gold Mining in Peru” (2013) (www.verite.org/sites/default/files/images/IndicatorsofForcedLaborinGoldMininginPeru.pdf); and ILO, “Buried in Bricks: A rapid assessment of bonded labour in brick kilns in Afghanistan” (2012) (www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---robangkok/documents/publication/wcms_172671.pdf). For example, www.verite.org/Commodities/Timber.