Is Slavery the price of Globalization? 30 October 2007 - An interview of Beate Andrees by Ulrike Mast-Kirschning for the Deutsche Welle radio (in German)
Appointment of a Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery - [pdf 18 KB] 30 October 2007 - During its last session in September 2007, “deeply concerned that the minimum estimate of the number of people in slavery is over 12 million”, the Human Rights Council (HRC) decides to appoint, for a three-year period, a Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and its consequences. ...
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”. ...
Decent Work Indicators:
Towards better Statistics on Forced Labour and Human Trafficking - [pdf 550 KB] 20 August 2007 - Statistics are the ideas and techniques that can be used to convert numbers into useful information. Statistics on forced labour and human trafficking are essential for at least two reasons. First, they provide more objective information. Humans cannot, with their
own eyes and ears, perceive more than a small, unrandom sample of any human state of affairs. ...
Mauritanian MPs pass slavery law (BBC News) 09 August 2007 - Mauritania's parliament has unanimously passed legislation making the practice of slavery punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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.