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Remarks by Mr Maurizio Bussi, Director, ILO Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic

Remarks by Mr Maurizio Bussi, Director, ILO Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic at the Launching Event of the Project Combating Unacceptable Forms of Work in the Thai fishing and Seafood Industry, at Ministry...

Agenda

Launching Ceremony Agenda Combatting Unacceptable Forms of Work in the Thai Fishing and Seafood Industry

Project launched

New ILO project to combat unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry

ILO, in partnership with Thailand’s Ministry of Labour and the Delegation of the European Union to Thailand, is launching a new project to combat unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry.

Forced labour

Mauritania becomes the second African country to commit to ending modern slavery

The country is among the first to formally implement the 2014 Protocol to the ILO’s Forced Labour Convention No.29.

Trafficking of women, chasing away our own demons and women’s rights

European Parliament hearing

The GSP+ mechanism after two years

Corinne Vargha, Director of the ILO Standards department, presented the views of the ILO on the GSP+ mechanism at a hearing organized by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade and its Sub-committee on Human Rights.

Our impact, their voices

They were taking nearly everything I earned. I lived in fear.

Modern slavery affects 21 million people worldwide. Behind these statistics are millions of harrowing human stories. Jonas was deceived, trafficked to the UK and pushed to the brink. Read his story.

Our impact, their voices

Fighting modern slavery with drones

Anti-slavery activist, Leonardo Sakamoto, and his team have developed innovative ways of combatting modern slavery in Brazil. Speaking at the TEDx Place des Nations event in Geneva, Sakamoto explains how they use drones, apps and web robots to track...

Forced Labour

21st century abolitionist, Leonardo Sakamoto to speak at UN TEDx event

The Brazilian human rights activist will discuss innovative solutions to fight Forced Labour as part of the TEDx event organized by the United Nations Office in Geneva.

ILO Forced Labour Convention

United Kingdom joins renewed fight to end forced labour

The UK has ratified the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, adding its support to Norway and Niger in the campaign to end modern slavery.

Our impact, their voices

50 for Freedom hits the campaign trail

Since its Geneva launch in June, 2015, the 50 for Freedom campaign has staged events around the world – including London, Lusaka, Buenos Aires, Addis Ababa and Paris – to raise awareness about modern slavery and to promote ratification of the Forced...

Cooperation to combat IUU fishing, fisheries crime and fisheries related crimes, and to promote sustainable fisheries governance

A joint statement by the two Fisheries ministers of Norway and Indonesia recognizes the importance of UNODC, INTERPOL and ILO in the fight against Fisheries Crimes.

Labour exploitation

Forced labour in fishing: How big is the problem?

An international Conference on Labour Exploitation in the Fishing Sector in the Atlantic Region will discuss forced labour and human trafficking in the fishing industry on 25-26 November in Oslo, Norway. ILO News spoke with Rebecca Surtees,...

Child Labour

Launching ceremony of project on enhancing national capacity to prevent and reduce Child labour in Viet Nam

Together with MOLISA, the ILO and national stakeholders commit to preventing and reducing child labour by 2020.

ILO Forced Labour Convention

Norway ratification clinches landmark ILO forced labour protocol

Norway has ratified the 2014 Protocol to the 1930 ILO Forced Labour Convention, as part of a renewed global effort to eradicate modern slavery.

ILO Forced Labour Protocol

Southern African countries urge ratification of international treaty to end modern slavery

A tripartite meeting of Southern African Development Community countries has issued a communiqué calling on African nations to ratify the International about Organization’s Forced Labour Protocol.

Zambia to champion the ratification campaign of forced labour protocol in Africa

The President of Zambia, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, will officially lead the African chapter of ILO’s 50 for Freedom campaign to end modern slavery in the region.

South-South Cooperation

ILO takes good practices from Brazil in combating forced labour to Peru

Brazilian delegation visited Peru to accompany the first forced labour inspection operation carried out in the country and share experiences.

Sustainable Development Goals

Building a global alliance against child labour and forced labour

Beate Andrees, Chief of the ILO’s Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch explains how we can achieve target 8.7 of the United Nations’ SDGs which calls for an end to forced labour and child labour by 2025.

Providing better protection for Indonesian domestic migrant domestic workers in Malaysia

Malaysia is an important country of destination for migrant domestic workers, the majority of which are from Indonesia. The Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources reported that as at June 2013, there were 180,000 documented migrant domestic workers...