Speeches and presentations

October 2009 

• Forced Labour: Global Perspectives and Challenges, by Roger Plant, Dublin, October 2009
  02 October 2009 - Presentation to Seminar on “Strategies for Tackling Forced Labour”, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, in Conjunction with the Anti Human Trafficking Unit (Department of Justice and Equality and Law Reform) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Dublin, 1 October 2009

April 2009 

• Trafficking for Labour Exploitation - Conceptual Issues, and Challenges for Law Enforcement, by Roger Plant, Kiev, April 2009
  02 April 2009 - Presentation to Fifth International Law Enforcement Conference, Kiev, 31 March- 2 April 2009

November 2008 

• Forced Labour and Human Trafficking: the Labour Market Dimensions by Roger Plant, Athens, November 2008
  27 November 2008 - Presentation to International Trade Union Conference on Combating Forced Labour and Human Trafficking, Athens, 21-23 November 2008

October 2008 

• A rights-based approach to poverty reduction/development, by Zafar Shaheed, ILO, Geneva, October 2008 - [pdf 54 KB]
  01 October 2008 -

September 2008 

• Forced Labour And Human Trafficking - The Global Challenge and the ILO Response by Roger Plant, Oslo, 4 September 2008
  04 September 2008 - Presentation to a roundtable on “Human Trafficking with a Focus on Forced Labour”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, Norway, 4 September 2008
• Core Labour Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work by Zafar Shaheed, ILO, Geneva, September 2008 - [pdf 34 KB]
  01 September 2008 -

May 2008 

• Eradicating Forced Labour: The International Business Challenge by Roger Plant, London, 1 May 2008
  01 May 2008 - Presentation to the Conference "Is there Forced Labour and Slavery in your Supply Chain?", Clifford Chance, London, 1 May 2008

October 2007 

• Forced Labour, Slavery and Poverty Reduction: Challenges For Development Agencies by Roger Plant, DFID, London, 30 October 2007 - [pdf 200 KB]
  30 October 2007 - Presentation to UK High-Level Conference to Examine the Links between Poverty, Slavery and Social Exclusion; Foreign and Commonwealth Office and DFID, London, 30 October 2007
• Trafficking For Forced Labour: ILO Approaches by Roger Plant, U.S. Congress, Washington, 11 October 2007
  11 October 2007 - Testimony to the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, hearing on “Combating Trafficking for Forced Labour Purposes in the OSCE Region”, U.S. Congress, Washington, 11 October 2007

June 2007 

• COmpliance with labour standards at local level by Zafar Shaheed, ILO, Geneva, June 2007 - [pdf 86 KB]
  01 June 2007 -

December 2005 

• Address to Global Compact Launch by Zafar Shaheed, Karachi, 22 December 2005 - [pdf 19 KB]
  22 December 2005 -

November 2005 

• Forced Labour And Human Trafficking: The Challenges Ahead by Roger Plant, Vienna, November 2005
  07 November 2005 - Presentation to OSCE High-Level Conference, “Human Trafficking for Labour Exploitation on Forced and Bonded Labour”, Vienna, 7-8 November 2005

September 2005 

• Human Security and the Role of the ILO by Kari Tapiola, Executive Director, International Labour Office - [pdf 16 KB]
  27 September 2005 -

May 2005 

• Rights and Development by Zafar Shaheed, presented at the Pakistan Civil Services Academy, Lahore, Pakistan, May 2005 - [pdf 66 KB]
  01 May 2005 -

June 2003 

• Time for Equaliy at Work by Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Office - [pdf 31 KB]
  12 June 2003 -

May 2003 

• Address to the 10th ETUC Congress by Kari Tapiola, Executive Director, International Labour Office - [pdf 41 KB]
  26 May 2003 -

July 2002 

• Core Labour Standards and Globalization by Kari Tapiola, Executive Director, International Labour Office - [pdf 53 KB]
  02 July 2002 -