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Child labor practices in the Congo have been widely reported in media sources throughout the world and documented by human rights experts. In 2016, Amnesty International published a major report on the conditions for child laborers mining cobalt in the DRC. The report, called “This Is What We Die For─Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Power the Global Trade in Cobalt,” said it is widely recognized on an international scale that the involvement of children in mining constitutes one of the worst forms of child labor, which governments are required to prohibit and eliminate. Although companies, including the smartphone manufacturing company mentioned, have promoted voluntary programs in which human rights abuses in the supply chain for cobalt can be reported, the lawsuit contends these programs are mere lip service. “The DRC is one of the most oppressive countries in the world, but, until they are forced to do better, a group of well-known technology and electronics companies are relying on mainly uneducated, desperately poor, and exceedingly vulnerable people to figure out the problems and report supply chain violations,” the lawsuit said, emphasizing the Congolese people “certainly cannot afford personal computers or smartphones and they do not have Internet access to connect to the outside world within the context of a violent government.” 05 10 15 20 Connecting to You How is this article related to the story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”? The voluntary programs promoted by companies to address human rights abuses in the cobalt supply chain have been successful in resolving the issues. T F Q1 The Amnesty International report recognizes the involvement of children in mining cobalt as one of the worst forms of child labor. T F Q2 Challenge! Explore more actual instances of unfair labor practices that particularly affect children in developing countries. 158 Special Lesson