Elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour

  1. Human Trafficking and Business: An eLearning course on how to prevent and combat human trafficking

    15 February 2011

    The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) and the End Human Trafficking Now! Campaign (EHTN!) have developed an eLearning course which is a modular training programme for business leaders, managers and employees of business companies.

  2. SAP-FL Newsletter: Issue 2 - 2011

    15 February 2011

    Newsletter prepared by the ILO Special Action Programme to combat forced labour. Second issue 2011

  3. Evaluation of the Special Action Programme to combat Forced Labour (SAP-FL) 2006-09

    10 January 2011

    Executive summary of the independent evaluation carried out in 2010

  4. Rights on the Line - Human Rights Watch

    11 December 2010

    HRW documented labour exploitation and barriers to redress for migrants in agriculture, domestic work, and construction in Indonesia, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Immigration sponsorship systems in many countries give employers immense control over workers and lead to migrants being trapped in abusive situations or unable to pursue redress through the justice system.

  5. The International Law of Human Trafficking

    15 November 2010

    This book presents the first-ever comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the international law of human trafficking. Anne T. Gallagher calls on her direct experience working within the United Nations to chart the development of new international laws on this issue. She links these rules to the international law of state responsibility as well as key norms of international human rights law, transnational criminal law, refugee law, and international criminal law, in the process identifying and explaining the major legal obligations of states with respect to preventing trafficking, protecting and supporting victims, and prosecuting perpetrators.

  6. Report from the European Commission on the residence permit issued to victims of trafficking in human beings

    15 October 2010

    Study on the implementation of the Directive 2004/81/EC, adopted in 2004, on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities

  7. Study on forced labour in Poland

    01 October 2010

    The study was produced and published in the framework of the FREED project “Transnational Multi-Stakeholder Action to combat trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation: Identification and protection of victims". (Report in Polish)

  8. Code of Conduct Applied to Vietnamese enterprises sending workers for overseas employment

    01 October 2010

    This Code of Conduct, prepared by the Vietnam Association of Manpower supply, presents the fundamental principles which Vietnamese enterprises recruiting workers for overseas employment should comply with. It is based on Vietnam legislation, ILO Conventions and Recommendations and other relevant international instruments and on the actual context of Vietnam.

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

    30 August 2010

    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 working with all stakeholders in Brazil to combat slave labour. She calls on the international community to continue to support its work, and that of notable and experienced non-government organizations in Brazil.

  10. United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons

    30 July 2010

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

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

    16 July 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 Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China.

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

    16 July 2010

    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 trafficking, slavery and debt bondage for so many migrant workers.

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

    12 July 2010

    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 Body Shop International and ECPAT International.

  14. SAP-FL Newsletter: Issue 1 - 2010

    10 July 2010

    Newsletter prepared by the ILO Special Action Programme to combat forced labour. First issue 2010

  15. ITUC Guide - How to Combat Forced Labour and Trafficking

    08 July 2010

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

  16. US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report

    22 June 2010

    The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States, for the first time. This year’s report highlights several key trends, including the suffering of women and children in involuntary domestic servitude, the challenges and successes in identifying and protecting victims. The Department of State prepared this report using information from U.S. embassies, government officials, NGOs and international organizations, published reports, research trips to every region.

  17. Tsireledzani: understanding the dimensions of human trafficking in Southern Africa

    15 March 2010

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

  18. Trade unions and indigenous communities combating forced labour in the Peruvian Amazon region

    15 December 2009

    Case study prepared by Sanna Saarto, ILO’s Programme to Combat Forced Labour, Peru, for the guide to ILO Convention No. 169 “Indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights in practice”, Geneva, ILO, 2009.

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

    01 December 2009

    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 of the industry including various abusive practices that require the attention of law makers.

  20. The effect of ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work on the evolution of Legal policy in Brazil: An analysis of freedom of association

    25 November 2009