National Laws & Agreements: Lao PDR
Laws
Promulgation of the Amended Labour Law – 16 January 2007
Promulgation of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Children – 16 January 2007
Penal Law (Article 134) – 9 November 2005
Law on Development and Protection of Women – 22 October 2004
Promulgation of the Amended Law on Criminal Procedure – 14 June 2004
Promulgation of the Family Law – 29 November 1990
Agreements
Agreement between the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Cooperation in Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Persons and Protection of Victims of Trafficking – 3 November 2010
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Lao People´s Democratic Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand on Cooperation to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children – 13 July 2005
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand on Labour Co-operation – 18 October 2002
Extradition Treaties
Treaty between the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the People’s Republic of China on Extradition – 4 February 2002
Treaty between the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia on Extradition – 21 October 1999
Treaty on Extradition between the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Thailand – 5 March 1999
Multilateral
ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers - 13 January 2007
COMMIT MOU on Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (2005)
ASEAN Declaration against Trafficking in Persons, Particularly Women and Children – 29 November 2004
ASEAN Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters – 29 November 2004
MOU on Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons in the Greater Mekong Sub-region – 29 October 2004
