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SEPTEMBER 2011 1-56432-805-8 The Rehab Archipelago Forced Labor and Other Abuses in Drug Detention Centers in Southern Vietnam Summary ............................................................................................................................. 1 Key Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 7 Map of Drug Detention Centers Under Ho Chi Minh City Administration .............................. 8 Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 9 I. Vietnam’s Drug Detention Centers .................................................................................. 11 Overview ................................................................................................................................ 11 Government Policies towards Drug Use .................................................................................. 14 Ho Chi Minh City’s Centers ..................................................................................................... 22 II. Findings ........................................................................................................................ 25 Detention without Due Process .............................................................................................. 25 Forced Labor .......................................................................................................................... 31 Labor Rights and Conditions of Detention .............................................................................. 52 Ill-Treatment of Detainees ..................................................................................................... 57 Abuses against Children ........................................................................................................ 66 Drug Treatment ..................................................................................................................... 70 III. External Involvement .................................................................................................... 73 Overview ............................................................................................................................... 73 Major Donors and Specific Projects ........................................................................................ 74 Inadequate Attention to Human Rights Abuses ...................................................................... 83 Training in Compulsory Treatment .......................................................................................... 90 HIV-Focused Engagement ...................................................................................................... 91 Capacity Building of Centers .................................................................................................. 94 Subsidizing Detention Costs .................................................................................................. 96 Non-Engagement by Donors .................................................................................................. 96 IV. Full Recommendations ................................................................................................. 98 To the Vietnamese Government ............................................................................................. 98
To Vietnamese and Foreign Companies That Have Commercial Relationships with Drug Detention Centers in Vietnam ................................................................................................ 99 To United Nations Agencies, including UNODC, WHO, OHCHR and UNAIDS ............................ 100 To the Special Rapporteurs on Torture and on the Right to Health ......................................... 100 To the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Committee on the Rights of the Child .................................................................................................... 100 To the Association of Southeastern Nations Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) ..................................................................................................... 101 To the International Labour Organization .............................................................................. 101 To Bilateral and Multilateral Donors and NGOs Assisting Vietnam on Drugs or HIV/AIDS Issues ................................................................................................ 102 To Vietnam’s Trading Partners ............................................................................................. 102 Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................... 104 Annex 1: Letter to Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs ........................................ 105 Annex 2: Template of Letters to Companies ...................................................................... 111 Annex 3: Template of Letters to Donors and Implementers ............................................... 114 Annex 4: Wage Sheet from Duc Hanh Medical Treatment Center ....................................... 118 THE REHAB ARCHIPELAGO II
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