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2013
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Ministries of labour: comparative overview. History, mandate, challenges world-wide database and organizational charts
19 June 2013
The main purpose of this publication is to provide ILO constituents and other readers with an analysis of current developments and trends in ministries of labour all around the world.
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Meeting the challenge of precarious work: A workers ’ agenda
18 June 2013
In 2011, the Bureau for Workers’ activities held its biannual symposium on an ever-growing preoccupation for workers around the world: the growth and spread of precarious work. This issue of the IJLR presents some of the contributions to this event and, more importantly, tries to provide guidance on possible trade union strategies to counter the expansion of forms of precarious work.
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Ending child labour in domestic work and protecting young workers from abusive working conditions
12 June 2013
New report on domestic work within the framework of the two ILO fundamental conventions on child labour and the recently adopted instruments on decent work for domestic workers.
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World of Work Report 2013: Repairing the economic and social fabric
03 June 2013
The study analyses the global employment situation five years after the start of the global financial crisis. It looks at labour market performance and projections both at the global and regional levels. Embargoed until 10:00 GMT (12 noon Geneva time) on Monday 3 June.
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Caught at Sea - Forced Labour and Trafficking in Fisheries
31 May 2013
Recent in-depth studies have described and analysed severe cases of forced labour and human trafficking in the fisheries sector. Whereas the fisheries sector counts among the most important economic sectors providing food security and employment worldwide, these studies reveal that, on board fishing vessels, fishers - many of them migrant workers - are subjected to extreme forms of human rights abuses, including forced labour and human trafficking. This report examines recent literature on forced labour and human trafficking in the fisheries sector, with the focus on fishing vessels engaged in commercial marine fisheries. The report considers institutional and legal frameworks as well as multistakeholder initiatives that have the potential to impact fishers’ safety and working conditions.
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Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women (full report)
28 May 2013
A call to action based on an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America
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2012 Annual Progress Report of the Implementation of the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership (UNIPP)
17 May 2013
UNIPP is providing support to six joint country-based projects in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Nepal, and to one regional project in South-East Asia. This report documents their progress.
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Labour inspection sanctions: law and practice of national labour inspection systems
30 April 2013
During the general discussion on labour administration and labour inspection at the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2011, delegates pointed out that labour inspection cannot be fully understood without considering the procedures for imposing sanctions or penalties. These procedures are necessary as a remedy for violations, while also acting as deterrent.
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World Report on Child Labour: Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against child labour
29 April 2013
How can we reduce child labour in the less favourable circumstances of a global economic slowdown?