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ILO GBNFL Annual Report 2021

Learn more about the network's achievements in 2021 and our plans for 2022.

ILO GBNFL Annual Report 2020

The report provides an overview of the network’s achievements in 2020.

The human cost of illicit trade: Exposing demand for forced labour in the dark corners of the economy.

This report by ILO GBNFL Partner TRACIT shows that women, children and men of all ages and race are forced to labor in illicit sectors, where they are abused by organized criminals pursuing clandestine profits. It concludes that ending these human rights abuses will only be possible by eradicating illicit trade and the demand for forced labor associated with it.

ILO GBNFL Annual Report 2018-2019

The report highlights network achievements between June 2018 and the end of 2019, and also looks forward to activities planned for 2020.

ILO GBNFL comparison of the definition of ‘recruitment fees and costs’ used in industry to that set out by the ILO

Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains

This report represents the first ever attempt to measure these human rights abuses and violations on a large scale. It is divided into two parts: 1. Understanding child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains, and 2. Responding to child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains

Ending forced labour by 2030: A review of policies and programmes

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.

The Global Estimates of Forced Labour 2017

Risks and rewards: Outcomes of labour migration in South-East Asia

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.

Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour

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.