All publications: forced labour + trafficking in persons

Assessing compliance of the Mongolian prisons with ILO Conventions Nos. 29 and 105 on forced labour

This study aims to assess compliance with ILO Conventions No. 29 and No. 105 on forced labour in Mongolian prisons, and to review the progress made since the 2016 study.

Working conditions in prisons in Mongolia: Results from qualitative research

Forced labour: A synthesis report

This report aims to analyse selected surveys and assess the experience and lessons learned through the piloting of forced labour questionnaires and sampling tools.

Toolkit for mixed-methods research on child labour and forced labour

This toolkit is designed to provide practical guidance on conducting mixed-methods research on child labour and forced labour, equipping researchers new to researching child labour and forced labour with the tools necessary to generate rigorous,...

Survey on tenant growers in Malawi’s tobacco industry

This report presents the findings of the Malawi Tenancy Survey.

Nigeria Forced Labour Survey 2022

The main purpose of this survey is to improve information on forced labour through data collection and in-depth analysis.

Project brief

Ensuring Decent Work and Reducing Vulnerabilities for Women and Children in the Context of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia

New global estimates

Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour

This report provides new estimates of the profits generated from forced labour and assesses how profits have changed since the last ILO estimates were published in 2014.

2024 edition

Hard to see, harder to count: Handbook on forced labour surveys

This revised version of the "Hard to see, harder to count" handbook provides an updated set of tools for the design, implementation and analysis of quantitative surveys on the forced labour of adults.

2024 edition

ILO IPEC+ Global Flagship Programme Implementation - Towards a world free from child labour and forced labour

The IPEC+ Global Flagship Programme – in line with Target 8.7 of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda – seeks to provide ILO leadership in global efforts to eradicate all forms of child labour by 2025 and all forms of contemporary slavery and...

Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for Mongolian journalists

This toolkit was developed to help journalists report on fair recruitment and forced labour.

Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for Mongolian journalists

This toolkit was developed to help journalists report on fair recruitment and forced labour.

Factsheet

Forced labour

Towards freedom at sea: Handbook for the detection of forced labour in commercial fishing

This Handbook responds to the need for consolidated guidance on the detection of forced labour among fishers.

Ethical guidelines for research on forced labour

The aim of this document is to provide guidelines on the safe and ethical conduct of research on forced labour and human trafficking.

Forced labour

The Alignment of Indonesian laws, policies, and their enforcement with the ILO international labour standards on forced labour: A situation...

This gap analysis documents the extent to which the requirements of PO29 are represented in the Government of Indonesia’s existing laws, norms and practices, with special reference to Indonesia’s catch fisheries sector and local fishers, who are one...

National Alliance 8.7 Strategic Road Map 2023 - 2030

Alliance 8.7 is a global partnership fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration to support governments to achieve Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Research Manual - Assessment of the implementation of fundamental principles and rights at work in the workplace

This handbook is a practical guide for development practitioners to assess the realization of the five fundamental principles and rights at work in the workplace and design evidence-based interventions.

Feasibility study

Fact sheet of the Feasibility Study on Policy Measures to Support Local Workforce into Employment

The project focuses on strengthening the labour market through organizational capacity by introducing or enhancing the national employment policies or programmes in Malaysia.

The labour Principles of the United Nations Global Compact – A Guide for Business

A publication of the UN Global Compact Labour Working Group, this Guide aims to help companies better understand and apply the four labour principles into practice (UN Global Compact principles 3-6). In a question and answer format, this Guide...