# UN Human Rights Council (independent experts)

Independent UN experts expressed concern about the possible forced labour of around 400 Vietnamese workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin, and special rapporteurs found that scrutinising the bank records of more than 50 organisations was incompatible with Serbia's obligations under international law. In a letter to Serbia and Zijin in August 2025, they described the Bor region as a „sacrifice zone“.

## Affairs

- [Vietnamese workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/linglong-zrenjanin): It expressed concern over the possible forced labour of Vietnamese workers suspected of being victims
- [Anti-money laundering administration ran checks on journalists and NGOs](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/provera-racuna-novinara-nvo-2020): They said that applying the law broadly to obtain banking data was incompatible with Serbia's obligations
- [Zijin in Bor and Majdanpek: pollution, relocations and workers](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/zijin-bor): On 8 August 2025 the rapporteurs wrote to Serbia and Zijin, calling the Bor region a „sacrifice zone“

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/savet-un-za-ljudska-prava  
As of: 6 Nov 2026  
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