A Secretaria Especial de Direitos Humanos e o Ministério do Trabalho e
Emprego divulgaram, em 18 de novembro de 2003, uma lista com 52 pessoas
e empresas, condenados pela Justiça por trabalho escravo. De acordo com
o governo, eles vão perder a concessão de créditos e financiamentos em
instituições estatais, como o Banco do Brasil, a Caixa Econômica
Federal, BNDES, Banco do Nordeste, entre outros.
O Ministro Nilmário Miranda informou que a lista vai ser atualizada a
cada seis meses, com a saída de proprietários que tenham regularizado a
sua situação e a entrada de mais pessoas condenadas pela Justiça.
Co-ordinated by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Special Secretary of Human Rights (SEDH), in a partnership with LOWE Agency, the campaign was launched on the 22nd of October, 2003, during an event at the House of Representatives. The campaign has as objectives alert the society and mobilise opinion makers.
National Commission to Eradicate Forced Labour, linked to the Special Bureau on Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic, was created to keep up to date the accomplishments of the actions of the National Plan, the draft laws that are in Congress, evaluate the technical co-operation projects with international organisations and propose studies and researches about forced labour in the Country.
The present document was drafted by the Special
Committee of the Council for the Defense of the
Rights of the Human Person (Conselho de Defesa dos
Direitos da Pessoa Humana - CDDPH), established
by Resolution 05/2002 of CDDPH, which unites all
entities and national authorities dealing with the
issue.
The
purpose of the Executive Group for the Eradication
of Forced Labor - GERTRAF is to coordinate programs
and actions from different governmental bodies that
interfere in the issue of forced labor and to draft
new legislative proposals.
The
Special Commission, created by Resolution nr. 05/2002,
within the scope of the Council for the Defense
of the Rights of the Human Person of the Ministry
of Justice, was established in order to be informed
abut and to follow-up on denunciations of violence
in rural areas, of exploitation of forced and slave
labor and of exploitation of child labor.
