Global
2012
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Hard to see, harder to count - Survey guidelines to estimate forced labour of adults and children
01 June 2012
These guidelines share the experience gained and lessons learned by the ILO between 2008 and 2010 through quantitative surveys of forced labour and human trafficking undertaken at country level. They aim to provide comprehensive information and tools to enable national statistical offices and research institutes to undertake national surveys on forced labour of adults and/or children.
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ILO Global Estimate of Forced Labour 2012: Results and Methodology
01 June 2012
The purpose of the present document is to describe in detail the revised methodology used to generate the 2012 ILO global estimate of forced labour, covering the period from 2002 to 2011, and the main results obtained.
2009
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Executive Summary "Forced labour: Coercion and exploitation in the private economy"
19 August 2009
This co-publication by the ILO and Lynne Rienner is based on more than six years of research and features case studies from Latin America, South Asia, Africa and Europe.
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The cost of coercion
12 May 2009
Forced labour is the antithesis of decent work. The least protected persons, including women and youth, indigenous peoples, and migrant workers, are particularly vulnerable. Modern forced labour can be eradicated with a sustained commitment and resources.
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Forced Labour and Human Trafficking: Casebook of Court Decisions
06 May 2009
This training manual for judges, prosecutors and legal practitioners
2008
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Combating forced labour: A handbook for employers and business
22 October 2008
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.
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Handbook for employers and business – Booklet 7 Case Studies
22 October 2008
Selected examples of company and industry action that indicate the variety of approaches business actors can take in addressing forced labour at the workplace and in supply chains.
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Handbook for employers and business – Booklet 6 Tips for Taking Action
22 October 2008
A set of practical reference guides that identify some of the concrete measures and benefits that companies can take to address forced labour and trafficking.
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Handbook for employers and business – Booklet 5 A Guide for Taking Action
22 October 2008
Presents some of the key measures that companies and employers' organisations can take to address forced labour at enterprise, national and industry levels, and in global supply chains.
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Handbook for employers and business – Booklet 4 A Checklist and Guidance for Assessing Compliance
22 October 2008
A checklist designed for social auditors and other practitioners for use in enterprise-level assessments. The tool includes questions as well as policy guidance and technical advice on how to conduct assessments.
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Handbook for employers and business – Booklet 3 Guiding Principles to Combat Forced Labour
22 October 2008
A set of principles based on ILO standards and jurisprudence to guide business action against forced labour and trafficking.
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Forced labour and human trafficking: handbook for labour inspectors
01 August 2008
The handbook is a tool for training. It seeks both to inform labour inspectors of the facts and trends of modern forced labour and the challenges before them, and to promote discussion as to how labour inspectorates worldwide could be harnessed more effectively to global efforts against forced labour and trafficking.
2007
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General Survey concerning the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
01 May 2007
The Survey by the Committee of Experts of the national legislation and practice on forced labour. In spite of the universal condemnation of forced labour and the adoption of constitutional and legislative provisions abolishing it, forced or compulsory labour practices unfortunately continue to exist and many people around the world are still subjected to it.
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Guide to Private Employment Agencies: Regulation, Monitoring and Enforcement
01 May 2007
This Guide provides guidance to national legislators in drafting legal frameworks in line with ILO Convention No. 181 and Recommendation No. 188. It is rich in many examples of country legislation from both developed and developing countries.
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Methodologies for global and national estimation of human trafficking victims: current and future approaches
02 January 2007
This paper provides a detailed comparison of the methodologies used by the ILO and the US government for computing global estimates, discussing strengths and weaknesses of both methods.
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Directions for national and international data collection on Forced Labour
02 January 2007
This paper provides some ideas and directions as to how the existing gaps in our understanding of the quantitative dimensions of forced labour could be reduced.
2006
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Globalization and the illicit market for human trafficking: an empirical analysis of supply and demand
12 January 2006
This working paper studies the determinants of trafficking for forced sexual exploitation, at a cross-country econometric analysis.
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Training materials for a Global Alliance against Forced Labour
01 January 2006
These training materials have been designed to provide training tools on the subject of forced labour. They constitute a tool box from which selections can be made to suit the training need.
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Trafficking for forced labour – how to monitor the recruitment of migrant workers
01 January 2006
This training manual aims to raise awareness amongst labour inspectors, police, government officials, employers’ organizations, trade unions, and others, on the issues of trafficking, forced labour and job placement systems. More specifically, it focuses on the recruitment of migrant workers into highly exploitative situations that could amount to forced labour.
2005
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ILO Minimum Estimate of Forced Labour in the World
01 April 2005
The present technical document provides a detailed account of the methodology used in the estimate of forced labour in the world, published in the 2005 Global Report called "A Global Alliance against Forced Labour".
