Expert Guide on Human Rights and Forced Labour in Angola

1. Constitution of the Republic of Angola
2. General Labor Law - Law no. 12/23, of December 27
3. Law on the Protection and Integral Development of Children - Law no. 25/12, of August 22nd
4. National Human Rights Strategy - Presidential Decree no. 100/20 of April 14
5. Law on People with Disabilities - Law no. 21/12, of July 30
6. Accessibility Law - Law no. 10/16, of July 27
7. Law on the Transplantation of Human Cells, Tissues and Organs - Law no. 20/19, of September 20
8. Statute of the Adult Education Subsystem - Presidential Decree no. 17/11, of January 11
9. Special Education Statute - Presidential Decree no. 20/11, of January 18
10. Law on the Right of Assembly and Demonstrations - Law no. 16/91, of May 
11. Policy for the Elderly - Presidential Decree no. 180/12, of August 15
12. National Policy for Early Childhood - Presidential Decree no. 107/24, of April 30
13. List of Work Prohibited or Restricted to Minors - Presidential Decree no. 285/22, of December 8
14. Legal Framework for Social Security Measures to Encourage the Hiring of Unemployed Citizens, Young People and People with Disabilities - Presidential Decree no. 12/22, of January 17
15. Regulation on the Reservation of Vacancies and Procedures for Hiring People with Disabilities -Presidential Decree no. 12/16, of January 15
16. Legal Framework for Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases - Decree no. 53/05, of August 15
17. List of jobs prohibited and restricted to women - Presidential Decree no. 29/17, of February 22
18. Law on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus - HIV and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - AIDS - Law no. 8/04

1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1976) - Resolution AN26-B/9127 Dec. 1991, Jan. 10, 1992 (a)
2. Optional Protocol to the Convention on Civil and Political Rights, Jan 10, 1992
3. Second Optional Protocol to the Convention on Civil and Political Rights, Concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty - Resolution AN 37/19 of July 9, 2019, 2 Oct. 2019
4. International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1976) - Resolution AN 26-B/9127 Dec. 1991, 10 Jan 1992 (a)
5. Optional Protocol to the Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 24 Sep. 2013
6. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1969) - Resolution AN 35/19 of July 9, 2 Oct. 2019
7. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1981) - Resolution AN 15/8419 Sept. 1984, 17 Sept 1986 (a)
8. Optional Protocol to the Convention Against All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Resolution AN 23/0723 Jun. 2007, 01 Nov 2007
9. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1987) - Resolution AN 38/19 of July 16, October 2, 2019
10. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, 24 Sep 2013
11. Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990) Feb 14, 1990 - Resolution AN 20/9010 Nov. 1990, Dec 5, 1990
12. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Armed Conflict - Resolution AN 21/0213 Aug. 2002, 11 Oct 2007 (a)
13. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Pornography - Resolution AN 21/0213 Aug. 2002, 24 Mar 2005 (a)
14. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on complaints (December 2011)
15. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2008) - Resolution AN 1/1311 Jan. 2013, 05 Mar 2013
16. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - complaints - Resolution AN 2/1311 Jan. 2013, 05 Mar 2013
    Convention for the Protection against Enforced and Involuntary Disappearance (2010), 24 Sep 2013
17. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2003)
18. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child - Resolution AN1-B/92, 15 May 92 11 Ab. 1992, 07 Oct. 1999
19. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Older Persons - Resolution AN 15/22 of April 7, June 2022
20. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - AN Resolution No. 14/22 of April 7, 12 April 2022 14 June 2022

There are no specific rules. The rules laid down in the above laws and decrees apply to all sectors.

There is no legal obligation. However, there is a state body, the General Labor Inspectorate, whose responsibility it is to assess all these aspects and, if they identify any suspicious situations, they can force the issuance of a report or the provision of additional information.  

The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights is the body responsible for monitoring, although it can transfer some responsibilities to specific institutions. In the meantime, local human rights committees issue these reports.

Local human rights committees have been set up to coordinate and ensure the implementation of the periodic implementation plans for the National Human Rights Strategy (ENDH) and other policies for the promotion, defense and protection of human rights.

There are sanctions in the Penal Code for human rights violations

N/A

No.