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Launch of the ILO-RHSF cartoon competition on forced labour

What if your pencil was a tool against forced labour?

Labour rights

ILO calls on Myanmar to respect freedom of association and restore democratic order

In the wake of the military takeover that has sparked widespread demonstrations in Myanmar, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization says workers and employers must be able to exercise their right to protest without violence or...

ILO and TAML collaborate to advance children’s rights in Malawi

Through the new programme, TAML will promote best practice tea estate policies and codes of conduct through inclusive business models with smallholder farmers on child labour, engage with smallholder farmers for improved compliance throughout the...

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Building a future without forced labour

Determined companies of all sizes and sectors, employer and business membership organizations, and business networks are joining forces to end forced labour.

Joint press release of the CBS, ILO and the UNICEF

Ending forced and child labour in Nepal’s brick industry - Need for a holistic approach

Joint press release on a new survey on employment relationship in the brick industry in Nepal.

Child and forced labour

Systemic forced labour and child labour has come to an end in Uzbek cotton

Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country managed to accelerate the fight against child and forced labour during the 2020 cotton production cycle, according to a new ILO report.

ILO and Uzbekistan: Assessing progress towards ending forced labour, promoting sustainable and inclusive employment, expanding social...

Uzbekistan's commitment to fostering decent employment opportunities and adhering to labour standards is unwavering. This was stated by the participants of the videoconference “Towards Sustainable Development through Decent Work” held on 27 January...

International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour — beyond commitments to action

An interview with Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, on the occasion of the launch of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, which took place on January 21, 2021.

Forced labour

Chile ratifies the Protocol to Convention No. 29, reaffirming its commitment to fight against forced labour

Chile ratified the ILO Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 . With the culmination of this process, Chile becomes the third country in South America to take on the challenge of moving forward to become a country free of forced...

Ship to Shore Rights

Decent work for fishing and seafood migrant workers in Asia Pacific

European Union and United Nations continue efforts to support safe labour migration and decent work in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in South East Asia

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Portugal reiterates its commitment to combat forced labour

Portugal ratified the ILO Protocol on forced labour, hence joining the 47 other countries that already committed to combat forced labour in all its forms.

Child labour

2021: International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour

Child labour has decreased by 38 per cent in the last decade but 152 million children are still affected. The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably worsened the situation, but joint and decisive action can reverse this trend.

ILO Voices | Forced labour

Labour, freedom and happiness: The great driving forces of antiquity

Rodrigo Mogrovejo works for the ILO in Mexico where he deals with contemporary labour standards. His hobby is the study of ancient history, where he sees great relevance to the issues he deals with daily at work.

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Costa Rica reaffirms its commitment to eradicating forced labour

On 16 November 2020, Costa Rica became the 47th country worldwide to ratify the Forced Labour Protocol and the fifth to do so in Latin America and the Caribbean. Costa Rica reinforces its firm commitment to combat all forms of forced labour by this...

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Universal protection against the worst forms of child labour

In 2020, for the first time in the ILO’s history, an International Labour Standard achieved universal ratification, with acceptance by all 187 Member States. Universal ratification of ILO Convention No. 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999)...

International Migrants Day

ILO commits to supporting Viet Nam to enforce new law on Vietnamese migrant workers

The ILO commends Viet Nam on the passage of the revised Law on Contract-Based Overseas Workers, which improves protection for Vietnamese migrant workers.

ILO and ECAM collaborate to fight child labour in Malawi

The new action programme will see ECAM establish a National Employer Taskforce Against Child Labour, promote child labour elimination policies and practices across the private sector, and facilitate more and better Corporate Social Responsibility...

Cote d’Ivoire: the ILO supports the Ministry of Employment and Social Protection in the fight against child labour in Cocoa and Gold supply...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains in Africa (ACCEL AFRICA) project supports the Government of Cote d’Ivoire in strengthening the implementation of its Child Labour...

ILO ACCEL Africa supports Better Work on mainstreaming child labour in Egypt

The collaboration between the two projects resulted in the establishment by the MOM of a new Trade Union Grievance Committee to facilitate trade unions’ registration process. A ministerial decree is issued by MOM to institutionalize the Committee.