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2018
A blockchain is a digitally distributed, decentralized, public ledger that exists across a network. It facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets and is used, for example, in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. This short guide introduces blockchain technology, and the various ways in which it is being applied in the fight against modern slavery.
2018
The OECD guidance provides practical support to businesses on the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by providing plain-language explanations of its due diligence recommendations and associated provisions. Implementing these recommendations can help enterprises avoid and address adverse impacts related to workers, human rights, the environment, bribery, consumers and corporate governance that may be associated with their operations, supply chains and other business relationships. The Guidance includes additional explanations, tips and illustrative examples of due diligence.
2018
This report looks at the policies and programmes we need to eradicate forced labour by 2030. The report looks in particular at the positive role that the ILO's 2014 Forced Labour Protocol and Recommendation can play in ending forced labour.
2018
A guide and toolkit for businesses and investors on understanding modern slavery, relevant standards, risk assessment, monitoring, mitigation, remediation, and more.
2017
The guide presents an introduction to the ILO Indicators of Forced Labour. These indicators are intended to help front-line criminal law enforcement officials, labour inspectors, trade union officers, NGO workers and others to identify persons who are possibly trapped in a forced labour situation, and who may require urgent assistance. The indicators represent the most common signs that point to the possible existence of a forced labour case.
2017
2017
Even though labour migration has never featured more prominently within ASEAN than it does today, there remains a dearth of reliable data that can be applied for the development of evidence-based policy and programming. Due to the temporary and irregular nature of much of the migration occurring within the region, the realities faced by migrant workers are often hidden from view. This study helps to fill the knowledge gap on the socio-economic outcomes of migration into low-skilled work within ASEAN.
2016
This mobile app allows business managers and auditors to create interactive checklists that help ensure a forced labour-free operation. There are 38 checkpoints in total – each one provides best-practice recommendations for taking action. The app is available in Android and iOS versions. PDF files of the check points are also available.
2016
Together, the ILO’s forced labour instruments – including the new Protocol and Recommendation, as well as Conventions Nos. 29 and 105 – provide all actors with a comprehensive strategy and set of tools to address the challenge of the elimination of all forms of forced labour. The Protocol and Recommendation bring ILO standards against forced labour into the modern era. The ILO prepared this brochure in response to requests from ILO constituents (government, employers' organizations and workers' representatives) for information about the new instruments and their provisions.
2016
This guide for employers helps members of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and other businesses in Viet Nam to assess, identify and mitigate risks of forced labour in their company operations and supply chains. A guide for trainers is also available at the same link.
2016
This toolkit provides policymakers and practitioners with an applied and adaptable framework with which to assess the state of coordination in their social protection systems. It also provides examples of efforts to improve coordination from different countries around the world.
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 handbook provides guidance material and tools for employers and business to strengthen their capacity to address the risk of forced labour and human trafficking in their own operations and in global supply chains. (2015 revised edition)
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.
2005
Answers the basic questions about forced labour, including the nature of forced labour and what businesses can do to prevent and combat it.
1930
This web page features the Convention's text.
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