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A bigger role for labour inspectors in combatting forced labour

China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has said labour inspection can play a bigger role in combating forced labour in the country.

Fingerprints solve the social security problem for Pakistan’s Brick Kiln Workers

The Department of Labour Punjab and the ILO are working to extend labour laws and social protection to brick kiln workers. For some it starts with finding their fingerprints again.

ILO launches new knowledge sharing platform on forced labour

AP-Forced Labour Net is a new ILO-sponsored online knowledge sharing platform for individuals, organizations, and institutions working on issues related to forced labour, human trafficking and slavery in the Asia-Pacific region.

Blog article

Coherence or fragmentation? Towards joint action against forced labour, human trafficking and slavery

By Beate Andrees, Head of Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, ILO Geneva

Social protection is not a luxury

Tim De Meyer, Director of ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia, said that social protection is not a luxury and should become a political and economic priority for every country.

Kazakhstan’s 2013 external debt figure grows from $136.922 billion to $148.753 billion

Kazakhstan’s external debt in 2013 grew from $136.922 billion to $148.753 billion, according to the country’s Central Bank.

International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Slave Trade

ILO live chat with descendants of the hero from “12 Years A Slave”

Elimination of forced labour is our bottom line

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions said "the elimination of forced labour is our bottom line".

The meanings of Forced Labour

Domestic workers: The need to speed up change

Over the course of two years, Kartika Puspitasari, a 30-year-old Indonesian domestic worker, was assaulted by her Hong Kong employers, who would burn her with an iron and beat her with a bike chain. The trial judge called her treatment “cruel” and...

Inaugural Lecture

Modern slavery: The British challenge in international context

Forced labour

Why definitions matter

Definitions are important in developing reliable data and in guiding action on forced and child labour. They mean we can be held accountable for our efforts to generate change in the name of those who are the most exploited in the world today.

Conference

Africa needs new solutions to combat forced labour, human trafficking and slavery

“Those who benefit from exploitation need to be swiftly punished; those who suffer abuse and coercion need to be empowered to raise their voice,” said ILO Acting Regional Director for Africa, Hans Hofmeijer, at the opening of a two-day high-level...

ICLS resolution concerning further work on statistics of forced labour

The 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) adopted a Resolution, recommending “that the Office set up a working group with the aim of sharing best practices on forced labour surveys in order to encourage further such surveys in...

Anti-Human Trafficking Week

ILO calls for more international cooperation to fight human trafficking

Geneva event aims at stepping up the fight against human exploitation.

Launch of Anti-Human Trafficking Week in Switzerland

Speech by ILO Deputy Director-General Greg Vines

Addressing the opening event of Switzerland’s first annual Anti-Human Trafficking Week on October 18th, ILO Deputy Director-General Greg Vines called on UN agencies to work together towards the elimination of all forms of human exploitation. CHECK...

What do we know about human trafficking in Switzerland?

This is one of the issues which will be discussed during Switzerland’s first annual Anti-Human Trafficking Week.

ILO - European Parliament

Forced labour remains main challenge of 21st century, says ILO at European Parliament hearing

Jean-Marie Kagabo of the ILO Special Action Program to Combat Forced Labour spoke at a European Parliament Hearing on Contemporary Forms of Slavery in the Sahel Region.

Opening event: Swiss week against trafficking in persons

Opening event: Swiss week against trafficking in persons