General forced labour

2007

1. Poverty,Development and the Elimination of Slavery, Anti Slavery International

   01 October 2007

   This paper highlights the existing links between poverty, social exclusion and the different contemporary forms of slavery and the potential for development projects to reduce both slavery and poverty internationally. We argue that development assistance which is targeted at those in slavery or at risk of becoming slaves may be particularly effective in helping to achieve the millennium development goals as well contributing towards the reduction of slavery from the world.

2. "Slave and forced labour in the 21st century", TUC

   12 March 2007

   This TUC fact file and activities pack is intended for individuals and trade unions for eduction courses. It deals with the development of slavery and the different forms of forced labour today, and some of the actions that can be taken to face up to forced labour.

3. "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.

4. "Contemporary slavery in the UK: Overview and key issues", Joseph Rowntree Foundation

   26 February 2007

   This report aims to be the first comprehensive review of the current extent of slavery in the UK, under the different forms it takes, such as trafficking for sexual or domestic labour, forced labour or debt bondage.

5. Trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation: a literature review, UK Home Office

   01 January 2007

   This report summarises the findings from a review of literature on trafficking of people to the UK for the purposes of labour exploitation. The review both develops the evidence base and identifies knowledge gaps in this area. The findings are split into two parts, the first on adult victims and the second on children.

2006

1. "Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons",UNODC

   01 February 2006

   There is still much to be learnt about what works best to prevent and combat human trafficking under various circumstances. The toolkit presents a selection of conceptual, legislative and organizational tools in use in different parts of the world.

2003

1. Developing Better Indicators of Human Trafficking

   01 August 2003

   Although combating human trafficking has become a growing political priority for many governments around the world, available information about the magnitude of the problem remains very limited. One of the biggest gaps in our understanding of trafficking is in the area of statistics and data collection. Despite the growing literature on human trafficking, much of the information on the actual number of persons trafficked is unclear and relatively few studies are based on extensive research.