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2023

Country briefs – Mexico

Three country briefs provide an overview of forced labour, fair recruitment and the role of companies and employer and business membership organizations in eradicating forced labour and unfair recruitment. The briefs are available in Spanish only.

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2022

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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2022

Eradicating forced labour: What works in practice

How can forced labour be eradicated globally? What approaches are the most effective at gaining ground towards this goal, and can they be replicated across country contexts? The ILO GBNFL's report Eradicating forced labour: What works in practice seeks to answer these questions.

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2022

Trafficking Risks in Sub-Saharan Supply Chains

This website by Verité features reports on 22 major African export commodities, and on all 49 sub-Saharan African countries. The reports provide information about industry and national characteristics relevant to trafficking risk, as well as an analysis of risk factors associated with each commodity and country. The site also shares resources for companies e.g. on compliance systems.

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2022

Hidden Traffic

A podcast series on modern slavery and human trafficking aimed primarily at compliance professionals. Episodes focus on different sectors, the role of digital platforms, current trends, and more.

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2022

ILO Hub: Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements

Allows users to navigate and analyse labour provisions in trade agreements through an interactive world map, trend graphs and tables with text. To see which trade agreements mention forced labour, click on ‘Obligations’ and then tick ‘Forced labour’ under ‘Thematic areas’.

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2022

Modern Slavery Response and Remedy Framework

This framework, designed by Walk Free and the Human Rights Resources and Energy Collaborative (HRREC - a group of Australian companies), provides practical guidance to assist companies with their response to modern slavery or related exploitation in their supply chains or operations. It specifically provides guidance on remediation.

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2022

ILO’s Frequently Asked Questions on Fair Recruitment

These FAQs provide user-friendly answers to technical questions on how to implement fair recruitment in practice. They are based on questions commonly received by ILO constituents (member states, workers' organisations and employers' organizations).

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2022

Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance

The IRMA website features global standards that cover all mined materials (except energy fuels) coming from all sizes of industrial mines all over the world. IRMA also offers third-party certification at the site of the mine.

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2022

2022 Trafficking in Persons Report

The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It is a comprehensive resource of governmental anti-trafficking efforts with countries ranked according to tiers.

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2022

Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage

The latest Global Estimates indicate that 50 million people were living in modern slavery in 2021. Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage. Unfortunately, the number of people in modern slavery has risen significantly in the last five years. In 2021, 10 million more people were in modern slavery compared to 2016 global estimates.

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2022

Child labour and responsible business conduct – A Guidance Note for Action

This UNICEF report provides guidance to businesses and others on meeting SDG Target 8.7 on eradicating child labour by 2025. The report outlines how the private sector can respond to child labour more effectively and sustainably. It includes deep dives analyzing business policies and practices in three key sectors: cobalt, cocoa, and cotton.

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2022

Empowerment and employment of survivors of human trafficking: A business guide

Safe and sustainable employment is one of the most effective ways to prevent the re-exploitation of survivors of human trafficking and other forms of slavery. This guide by our member GBCAT describes actions business can take to empower and employ survivors and explains the types of organizations that companies can look to for partnership support, including real-world case examples.

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2022

Supporting Workers Affected by the War in Ukraine

ILO GBNFL member Stronger Together and its partners have created a guide for UK businesses to help ensure that workers affected by the conflict are protected from harm, and have a positive recruitment and employment experience. Much of the guidance is transferable to recruitment into other countries.

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2022

How businesses can help end forced labour of children

More, faster and better action is needed to tackle one of the worst forms of child labour: Forced labour of children. With the right regulatory framework and enforcement in place, businesses can fully play their part. This short ILO GBNFL brief provides an introduction to the issue for businesses and advocacy points that can be used.

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2022

Advice by SMEs for SMEs on how to fight forced labour

At our digital conference 'SME Action on Forced Labour' in early 2022, three SMEs shared their stories on how they are fighting forced labour and child labour. Nearly 300 people joined us. Read on for advice from SMEs for SMEs, fact files on each business, and to watch the recording.

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