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The ILO is uniquely placed, through its tripartite structure, global network, and leading expertise on the subject matter, to bring a coalition of actors together under one umbrella.

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With more, faster & better action we can end forced labour.

We are an umbrella network that brings together businesses and their representative organizations of all sizes and sectors in 187 ILO member States.

Global facts and figures

Some 28 million people

are in forced labour globally.

Of them, 17.3 million

are working in the private economy, excluding commercial sexual exploitation.

Some 3.3 million

are children.

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The ILO Forced Labour Observatory

This ILO platform provides comprehensive global and country information on forced labour, including information on international and national legal and institutional frameworks, enforcement, prevention (including fair recruitment and due diligence), protection, access to justice, remedies, and more.

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