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From rights to duties in protecting people against forced labour: Some observations from Myanmar and the ILC Forced Labour Committee

By Piyamal Pichaiwongse, Deputy Liaison Officer, ILO Yangon

Labour migration

Edging closer to justice: The journey of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

One migrant domestic worker in Lebanon decided to fight the “kafala” system and escape her employers. She took her case to a Lebanese court, and, seven years on, has been rewarded by achieving a measure of justice, a feat that would have seemed...

Improving media coverage on the topic of labour migration in Jordan

The ILO and the Panos Europe Institute train Jordanian journalists in ethical and effective reporting on labour migration and human trafficking issues.

World Day against Trafficking in Persons

Guy Ryder: "Trafficking in human beings is not a thing of the past"

World Day against Trafficking in Persons

Joint statement of the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons

Blog article

Making history: The journey to modernize action against forced labour

By Thetis Mangahas, Deputy Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Rights at work

Domestic work, Work like any other

The well-publicised case of the abused Indonesian maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih placed a spotlight on the plight of a vulnerable and often invisible population, migrant domestic workers. Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO's Regional Director for Asia and the...

Ryder: We’ve endorsed an “agenda that really matters”

The 103rd International Labour Conference (ILC) closed following more than two weeks of deliberations on key world of work issues, including forced labour, migration, informality, investment in quality employment.

103rd International Labour Conference

Ryder: We’ve endorsed an “agenda that really matters”

World parliament of labour offers hope to millions of victims of forced labour, discusses migration, ways out of informality and overcoming mass unemployment.

ILO adopts new Protocol to tackle modern forms of forced labour

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has adopted a new legally binding Protocol designed to strengthen global efforts to eliminate forced labour.

Labour standards

ILO adopts new Protocol to tackle modern forms of forced labour

A new legally binding ILO Protocol on Forced Labour aims to advance prevention, protection and compensation measures, as well as to intensify efforts to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery.

Economics of forced labour

Lesbians, gays, transgender, bisexuals face persistant workplace discrimination - ILO report

A new report has found that that people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities in Thailand face frequent discrimination in the workplace partly due to prejudices common in the Thai society, as well as a lack of protective laws and...

International Labour Conference

ILO Director-General’s opening remarks to the International Labour Conference

103rd International Labour Conference

Opening Address by Luc Cortebeeck, Chairperson of the Workers’ Group

Economics of forced labour

ILO says forced labour generates annual profits of US$ 150 billion

Report finds illegal gain from forced labour of about 21 million people amounts to three times more than prior estimates.

Economics of forced labour

Illegal profits from forced labour in Asia-Pacific estimated at about US$52 billion per year

New ILO report estimates that one third of global annual profits of US$150 billion from forced labour are generated in the Asia-Pacific region.

Modern slavery

Forced labour generates annual profits of $150b globally

ILO report finds the highest profits are in Asia and the Pacific and forced sexual exploitation. Viet Nam has no comprehensive studies on this issue.

ILO to publish new report on the profits of forced labour

Ratifying Convention No.29 is a priority

China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has said the ratification of ILO Convention No.29 concerning forced labour “is the priority among priorities.”

Tackling child labour in Pakistan

A teacher like Baji

Rubina’s story was told by representatives of the Punjab Literacy Department attending the South Asia Labour Conference recently held in Lahore. They were there to emphasize the close links between literacy, education, skills, employment and income.