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Decision concerning the follow-up to the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour (Buenos Aires, 14–16 November...

Ship to Shore Rights Project

Baseline research findings on fishers and seafood workers in Thailand

The ILO Ship to Shore Rights Project (funded by the European Union) assessed working conditions in the fishing and seafood industry in Thailand. The research covers both fishing and seafood processing including aquaculture.

Ship to Shore Rights

Measuring progress towards decent work in Thai fishing and seafood industry

A new ILO report on labour conditions of fishers and seafood workers in Thailand provides an overview of the latest progress and remaining challenges.

Protocol for Handling of Non-Tolerable Cases (Zero Tolerance Protocol) between Directorate General of Labor Inspection and OSH – Ministry...

Document of ZTP defines non-tolerable violations of workers’ rights cases and the coordination mechanism between the BWI team and Labor Inspectors at both the National and Provincial levels.

Child Labour in Africa

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ILO and TURKEY’S MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY PIONEER ON COMBATING CHILD LABOUR

TURKEY ANNOUNCES 2018 YEAR AGAINST CHILD LABOUR. ALONG WITH ILO, 6 MINISTRIES AND 7 SOCIAL PARTNERS PEN THE DECLARATION.

Informality and non-standard forms of employment

Accelerating action to eliminate child labour, forced labour and modern slavery, with a particular focus on global supply chains

Follow-up of the IV Conference on the Sustainable Eradication of Child Labour, 14-16 November 2017, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

We Have the Same Right Campaign for Domestic Workers

Promoting labour rights of domestic workers through movies

The ILO conducts an innovative campaign to promote decent work for domestic workers. Through a series of short movies, the ILO organizes a campaign to encourage employers of workers to uphold the rights of domestic workers in their own homes.

Eliminating child labour and forced labour

Presentation at the 1st Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting under the Argentinian G20 Presidency (20-22 February 2018, Buenos Aires)

Recognizing domestic workers as workers in Malang

Domestic workers represent the single largest group of female salaried workers contributing to the households of others in their own country or abroad. To date, the ILO, based on the data from the Statistics-Indonesia (BPS), estimates that there...

Child labour and forced labour

ILO reports important progress on child labour and forced labour in Uzbek cotton fields

Monitoring team finds strong political will from central government to end fundamental labour rights’ violations during the 2017 cotton harvest: Child labour is no longer an issue, while forced labour is being systematically addressed.

Promoting decent work for domestic workers in Makassar

Awareness raising is one of the important actions to change the way the public perceive domestic workers. The lLO is launching 'We Have the Same Right"campaign in Makassar, South Sulawesi

Launched, “We have the same right” campaign in Lampung to promote decent work for domestic workers

A campaign to improve the working conditions of domestic workers in Indonesia titled “We Have the Same Right” by reaching out to their employers and the public at large will be launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Bandar...

332nd Session of the ILO Governing Body

Follow-up to the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour (Buenos Aires, 14–16 November 2017)

This paper: (a) reports on the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour, held in Buenos Aires from 14 to 16 November 2017, and its key outcomes; (b) proposes endorsement of the main Conference outcome document (the Buenos...

ILO to launch “We have the same right” campaign in three cities

The ‘We Have the Same Right’ Campaign focuses on the employers of domestic workers – encouraging them to uphold the rights of domestic workers in their own homes. The Campaign will be launched in three cities: Lampung, Makassar and Malang.

Child labour in Saint Lucia: Key findings from the rapid assessment, 2016

This Rapid Assessment-Key Findings document is part of a South-South Cooperation initiative funded through the Brazil-ILO Cooperation Programme, within the context of the ILO’s Regional Initiative: Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child...

Child labour in Guyana: Key findings from the rapid assessment, 2016

This Rapid Assessment-Key Findings document is part of a South-South Cooperation initiative funded through the Brazil-ILO Cooperation Programme, within the context of the ILO’s Regional Initiative: Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child...

ILO, the Arab League and FAO discuss the implications of child labour for Arab States

Following a consultation meeting to discuss the draft findings of a regional study, ILO and Arab League officials met to discuss a possible long-term partnership between the two organizations to jointly address child labour issues across the region.

Child labour and forced labour

2017 Third-party monitoring of measures against child labour and forced labour during the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan

This report has been prepared by the International Labour Office pursuant to an agreement between the ILO and the World Bank to carry out third-party monitoring of the World Bank-financed projects in agriculture, water and education sectors in...