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  • June 2008 

    • New leaflet "Strengthening Employers’ Activities against Forced Labour"
      27 June 2008 - Employers’ organisations and business have a central role to play in combating, preventing and eradicating all forms of forced or compulsory labour. Employers’ organisations, in particular, are strategically well-laced to provide institutional engagement and sustainability for programmes that address this abuse. Business involvement is key to the success of the ILO’s campaign to rid the world of forced labour and human trafficking by 2015.
    • ILO Brazil Combating Forced Labour Campaign wins important Publicity Prize
      02 June 2008 - In 2007, a publicity piece of art – a magazine centerfold – was created by the agency AlmapBBDO for ILO’s Project Combating Forced Labour in Brazil. The piece won one Advertising Award “Abril”, 2008 edition, in the category "Creation in Review – Reader’s Opinion".

  • March 2008 

    • Slavery In Our Times
      17 March 2008 - Human trafficking is not just a problem for other communities or other people. It exists on our own doorsteps, and our lack of action shames us all. It's hard to put an accurate figure on the full scale of this misery. But the International Labor Organization estimates that there are at least 2.5 million forced laborers who are victims of human trafficking at any one time. Their plight can be seen as the hidden side of globalization: a sickening business worth more than $30 billion a year.
    • Uzbeks Prey to Modern Slave Trade
      04 March 2008 - As poverty and unemployment drive an increasing number of workers abroad, many become victims of traffickers who sell them into virtual slavery. These “potential slaves” constitute the least well-informed group of migrants, and consequently the least able to defend their legal rights. But for the moment, there is little sign they are heeding warnings that they are placing themselves at risk by entrusting their future to the wrong people.

  • February 2008 

  • January 2008 

    • ITUC and ETUC Welcome European Convention Against Human Trafficking
      30 January 2008 - The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) have welcomed the entry into force of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. The Convention becomes legally binding on the first ten countries to have ratified it (Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Georgia, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia), on 1 February, with Bosnia-Herzegovina, France and Norway following on 1 May. Most European countries have taken the first steps to ratify the Convention, with the UK having already announced its intention to complete the ratification by the end of 2008. “We are encouraging our member organisations in Europe to push their governments to ratify this Convention and to make sure it is fully enforced. The criminal gangs and the recruiters who organise this trade in human beings must be stopped and punished, and the factors which make people vulnerable to this exploitation must be dealt with. Our global alliance against forced labour and trafficking will mobilise increased trade union action around the world against this form of modern-day slavery.”, said ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder.
    • Two new publications in Chinese!
      28 January 2008 - Two publications have just been translated into Chinese: a training manual "Trafficking for forced labour – how to monitor the recruitment of migrant workers", and some legal guidelines "Human trafficking and forced labour exploitation - guidance for legislation and law enforcement". More information under Information Ressources section.
    • Abu Dhabi Dialogue on Contractual Labour for Cooperation between Countries of Origin and Destination in Asia
      24 January 2008 - Ministers from Asian labour countries of origin and Gulf destination countries, together with Malaysia and Singapore, concluded the two-day Abu Dhabi Dialogue by adopting a forward-looking declaration that paves the way for the better management of temporary contractual labour mobility.
    • Towards a Global Trade Union Alliance against Forced Labour and Trafficking
      15 January 2008 - At its last session (12-14 December 2007), the ITUC General Council endorsed a plan of action for future trade union activities in the areas of forced labour and trafficking. This decision was an essential step in the establishment of a Global Trade Union Alliance against Forced Labour and Trafficking, a process initiated in April 2007. More specifically the General Council approved the action points listed hereunder and “urged all affiliates to integrate them into their work programmes as appropriate in their national circumstances”.

  • December 2007 

  • October 2007 

  • September 2007 

    • Paraguay forms national commission
      21 September 2007 - At the end of a 2-days workshop led by the Vice Minister of Labour, Ms. Romero, the government, employers and workers of Paraguay have decided to follow the example of Brazil, Peru and Bolivia and have decided to create a national “Commission on Fundamental Rights at Work and the Prevention of Forced Labour”. ...

  • August 2007 

  • July 2007 

    • Tbilisi, Georgia: Launch of the regional project "Development of comprehensive anti-trafficking response in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia"
      12 July 2007 - This regional ILO project, implemented in partnership with the OSCE and ICMPD, will be launched on the 19 July 2007 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The project offers measures leading to a long-term perspective against trafficking in human beings in the Southern Caucasus by contributing to and enhancing National Action Plans and the legal framework against THB in all three countries, and by fostering regional and international cooperation. It aims at awareness raising among stakeholders and potential victims. The project will involve labour market institutions in preventive action and improve identification, protection and assistance of victims trafficked for the purpose of sexual and labour exploitation. Since human trafficking mainly occurs in the context of irregular migration, the project proposes a range of measures that aim at promoting legal migration. It will contribute to increased dialogue and cooperation among government agencies, social partners and NGOs in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as well as major destination countries. The project is funded under the European Commission’s TACIS Programme, which provides grant-financed technical assistance to countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It will be implemented over a period of two years. Additional co-funding will be provided by ILO and partner organisations.
    • Collection of legal cases - Call for contributions
      05 July 2007 - SAP-FL is collecting and analyzing forced labour and human trafficking cases that have been prosecuted by criminal courts in various domestic jurisdictions. The aim of this project is to develop materials that will help in the training of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and legal educators on future prosecution of forced labour and human trafficking crimes. All contributions are welcome. ...

  • May 2007 

    • UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking
      09 May 2007 - This UK action plan pulls together the work currently underway to tackle trafficking across government, and creates a platform for future work to combat this ongoing problem. It aims to balance protecting and assisting victims with enforcement work that cracks down on the organised crime groups responsible for much of the trafficking. It gives specific attention to forced labour, acknowledging the needs of increasing enforcement and intelligence activity to deal with trafficking for forced labour.

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