ANALY TI CAL REP ORT Forced Labor in Belarus FORCED LABOR IN BELARUS LEGAL ASPECTS, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS, PRACTICE, AND PROTECTION OF RIGHTS Authors: Group of experts from the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions December 2021 Forced labor in Belarus is a system constructed and implemented by the state, involving all possible structures at all levels of power. As of 2021, up to 50 thousand citizens of Belarus were subjected to labor exploitation. .Forced labor is inefficient, and its organization requires substantial expenses. 1