All publications: forced labour + trafficking in persons

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences - Mission to Brazil

The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Gulnara Shahinian, conducted an official mission to Brazil from 17 to 28 May 2010. She noted the positive and substantial role that ILO has played in...

United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons

On 30 July, the General Assembly adopted the United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons (resolution A/64/L.64)

Capacity Building for Migration Management in China Update - January – June 2010

Newsletter of the ‘Capacity Building for Migration Management in China’ Project, which is co-implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) in close partnership with the Ministry of...

Well Made campaign and report "Help Wanted: Hiring, Human Trafficking and Slavery in the Global Economy”

Verité is launching the Well Made campaign to demonstrate how all stakeholder groups can make a difference through impactful programs in their supply chains, starting with looking for work across borders and how hiring traps can lead to human...

Report of the conference "Prevention of Modern Slavery: ‘An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure’, arranged by the OSCE

This is the conference report of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, organized in Vienna on 14-15 September 2009, entitled “Prevention of Modern Slavery: “An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure”. It contains highlights...

UN.GIFT Guide - Human Trafficking and Business: Good practices to prevent and combat human trafficking

Guide published by the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, with the collaboration of the UNODC, ILO, IOM, UNGC, as well as the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), Manpower, Apparel Export Promotion Council, The Code, The...

Map "Workers’ Alliance against Forced Labour and Trafficking"

This map designed by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), with the support of the ILO Special Action Programme to combat forced labour provides information on the workers' alliance against forced labour and trafficking and examples of...

ITUC Guide - How to Combat Forced Labour and Trafficking

Guide published by the International Trade Union Confederation, with the support of the ILO Special Action Programme to combat forced labour.

Evaluation of capacity building for RBSA Evaluation on equality and decent work promotion for Asian women through prevention of human...

Projet RAS/08/04/RBS - RBSA funded activity

A global programme to combat forced labour (SAP-FL) 2006-09 (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project GLO/06/59/NET - Evaluation consultant: Judy Walker

Promoting the Elimination of Bonded Labour in Pakistan - PEBLIP (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project PAK/06/51/NET - Evaluation consultant: Sabina Ahmad

Poverty reduction within communities vulnerable to child trafficking through the promotion of decent work in Cameroon (Final Evaluation...

Project CMR/06/50/NET - Evaluation consultants: Beatrice Bimé and Thomas Ranz

Monitoring Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Rights through ILO Conventions _ A compilation of ILO Supervisory Bodies’ Comments 2009-2010

The implementation of all ILO Conventions is monitored by the ILO supervisory bodies. This allows a continuous dialogue to take place between the Organization and the Governments concerned with the involvement of employers’ and workers’...

Tsireledzani: understanding the dimensions of human trafficking in Southern Africa

Research Report commissioned by the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa. This report provides the first comprehensive assessment of human trafficking in South Africa.

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Concealed chains: Labour exploitation and Chinese migrants in Europe

This groundbreaking book exposes the hidden world of Chinese irregular migrants in three European countries: France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Chinese workers migrating to Europe pay huge sums of money to intermediaries, often leaving them...

Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Rights in Practice: A guide to ILO Convention No. 169

"The world can no longer ignore indigenous peoples. The world has to come to grips with the reality that indigenous peoples have survived the worst forms of colonization, they have survived the worst situations of poverty - we are still...

Labour migration and the emergence of private employment agencies in Tajikistan: A review of current law and practice

Joint publication of the International Labour Organization and the International Organisation for Migration. This study is the first in-depth analysis of the normative framework regulating PrEAs in Tajikistan. It also describes practical experiences...

Application of Convention No. 169 by domestic and international courts in Latin America - A casebook

This Casebook contains summaries of judicial decisions from ten countries in Latin America, as well as a selection of relevant judgements and reports from the Inter- American human rights system. The introduction sets out the context of the...

The MNE Declaration - the detail

ILO Helpdesk Factsheet No. 3

The MNE Declaration: Your gateway to understanding and implementing labour standards

ILO Helpdesk Factsheet No. 2