All news: forced labour + trafficking in persons

ILO and ITC team up to build capacities against human trafficking in West Africa

The International Labour Organization, in collaboration with the International Training Centre (ITC) in Turin, Italy started a new mixed and interactive training programme for National Trafficking In Persons (TIP) focal points of ECOWAS Members...

World Day of Social Justice 2015. “There is no inevitability, no excuse: Forced labour can be stopped”

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder vows ILO leadership in fight against forced labour on World Day of Social Justice.

World Day of Social Justice 2015

“There is no inevitability, no excuse: Forced labour can be stopped”

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder vows ILO leadership in fight against forced labour on World Day of Social Justice.

New study sheds light on plight of working street-based children in Lebanon

Study is the first of its kind to comprehensively profile the size and magnitude of street-based child labour in Lebanon

Opening address at the ASEAN conference on the labour dimensions of trafficking in persons

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ASEAN conference on the labour dimensions of trafficking in persons, Pasay City, Philippines, 27 January 2015

No one should work this way

Ending the abuse of domestic workers in Asia

Although there are more than 52 million domestic workers world-wide, including more than 21 million in Asia Pacific, only a small minority are covered by general labour laws. This lack of protection leaves them vulnerable to – sometimes terrible –...

International Migrants Day

Joint statement by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

ILO welcomes Faith Leaders’ Declaration to eradicate slavery

The International Labour Organization (ILO) welcomes the Faith Leaders’ joint Declaration Against Slavery signed at a ceremony in Vatican City on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

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ILO forced-labour expert to host Q&A on Reddit

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ILO to support Faith Leaders’ Universal Declaration Against Slavery

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

“We all need to join forces to end slavery in the 21st century”

ILO supports Government of Trinidad and Tobago Workshop on Migration, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking responses

"As people cross borders in search of opportunity, mechanisms must be devised to preserve fundamental rights, Decent Work and entry into the formal economy." Minister Errol McLeod

18th American Regional Meeting

Latin America and Caribbean sign a Declaration to free the region from Child Labour

The Declaration states that the persistence of child labour, especially its worst forms, is a factor that exacerbates social inequality, which deepens social and economic vulnerability

New ILO Protocol on Forced Labour to be discussed with the diplomatic community at the upcoming European Commemoration Day Against...

In commemoration of the European Day against Trafficking in Persons, an event will explore the challenges of Protection and Partnership, on October 17th, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

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ILO and Al Jazeera news network foster quality reporting on labour migration and human trafficking worldwide

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the global communication NGO Panos Europe Institute held a training workshop on labour migration and human trafficking for leading staff at the Al Jazeera network, as part of an ILO drive to improve...

Corporate social responsibility

ILO and H&M sign unique agreement on sustainable global supply chains in the garment industry

New partnership will address industrial relations, wages, capacity building for social partners and skills development in global supply chains of the garment industry.

ILO and the CNTAC launch a report on labour protection of interns in Chinese textile and apparel enterprises

An ILO report show that a significant proportion of interns in Chinese textile and apparel enterprises worked without adequate legal protection and in some cases the working conditions amounted to forced labour.

Human Trafficking

ILO and Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights discuss national legislation against human trafficking

The ILO and the Government of Yemen discuss draft national legislation to combat human trafficking and design an effective national strategy to ensure meaningful reform in the country.

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Media Advisory: Technical Meeting to Discuss Draft Law for Domestic Workers in Jordan

The Jordanian government and the ILO are meeting to review Jordan’s new draft domestic worker law, with the aim of better reflecting the principles of Convention No. 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers.

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National Workshop on Human Trafficking in Yemen

The workshop will discuss where Yemen stands with the new draft legislation on human trafficking, and how to align the new draft law with ILO Convention No. 29 and its supplementing Protocol and Recommendation.