America

2010

1. Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences - Mission to Brazil

   30 August 2010

   The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Gulnara Shahinian, conducted an official mission to Brazil from 17 to 28 May 2010. She noted the positive and substantial role that ILO has played in working with all stakeholders in Brazil to combat slave labour. She calls on the international community to continue to support its work, and that of notable and experienced non-government organizations in Brazil.

2009

1. The Slave Next Door – Human trafficking and slavery in America today

   05 October 2009

   This book exposes the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States.

2. United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – Mission report from Paraguay

   31 August 2009

   This report, undertaken under the mandate of the United Nations Permanent Forum and at the request of the Government of Paraguay, concludes that a system of forced labour exists in the Chaco region, along with grave violations of international instruments supported or ratified by Paraguay.

3. United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – Mission report from Bolivia

   31 August 2009

   This report, undertaken under the mandate of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and at the request of the Government of Bolivia, concludes that forced labour exists in the Chaco region, along with grave violations of international treaties ratified by Bolivia. The Mission appreciates the decision announced by Bolivian Government officials to adopt measures aimed at eradicating conditions and situations preventing the full exercise of human rights.

2008

1. Modern-Day Slavehouse - Article originally published in the February 2008 edition of Rolling Stone Brazil magazine

   02 April 2008

   Brazilian employers using slave labor find support in the Congress to have their names off the so-called “Dirty List”.

2007

1. "Close to Slavery, Guestworker Programs in the United States", Southern Poverty Law Center

   12 March 2007

   The 48-page report, based on interviews with thousands of guestworkers and dozens of legal cases, describes the systematic abuse of workers under what is known as the H-2 system administered by the U.S. Department of Labor.