2015
This handbook offers updated guidance to employers on what forced labour is, how to detect it and effective ways to combat it, thereby ensuring that business operations remain free of such practices.
2015
This online course was developed to help participants have a clearer understanding of issues such as forced labour, trafficking in persons, substandard working conditions and labour migration, as well as of the root causes and vulnerabilities that put people at risk of falling victims to labour exploitation. It builds upon ILO’s experience in combating forced labour and promoting decent work and aims to equip participants with the necessary tools to identify and respond to cases of exploitation of workers, as well as to strengthen prevention measures. The course is aimed at people who are actively involved in the prevention, identification and prosecution of cases of forced labour and trafficking in persons.
2015
This tool was created jointly by the ILO and ILO GBNFL Partner the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) as a resource for companies to meet the due diligence requirements laid out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as they pertain to child labour.
2014
This web page features the Protocol's text.
2014
This report highlights how forced labour – which in the private economy generates US$ 150 billion in illegal profits per year, about three times more than previously estimated – thrives in the incubator of poverty and vulnerability, low levels of education and literacy, migration and other factors. The evidence presented illustrates the need for stronger measures of prevention and protection, as well as for enhanced law enforcement, as the basic responses to forced labour. At the same time, the report offers new knowledge of the determinants of forced labour, including a range of figures that break down profits by area of forced labour and by region.
2012
Reliable national statistics are essential to understand the nature and extent of forced labour, its causes and consequences, and to inform policy-makers and other stakeholders involved in action against forced labour. Regular data collection also enables the assessment of progress and impact of the implementation of policy, action plans and specific programmes and projects to eradicate forced labour. This guide provides guidance on how to collect data on forced labour using surveys.
2011
This website features high quality videos on forced labour, forced labour of children, sex trafficking, and more.
2011
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are a set of guidelines for governments and companies to prevent, address and remedy human rights abuses committed in business operations.
2007
The ILO's Committee of Experts regularly reviews progress against key international labour standards. In 2007 the Committee noted that while some improvement had been made on forced labour eradication, such as a reduction in state-imposed forced labour, forced labour regretably continues to exist in a number of countries.
2005
This guide has been designed to provide lawmakers and law enforcement authorities with practical aid to understand and implement international standards on human trafficking and forced labour and to take action accordingly.
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