News on forced labour

April 2022

  1. © ILO 2022
    ILO welcomes China’s move towards the ratification of two forced labour Conventions

    20 April 2022

    Once these ratifications take place, the total number of ILO Conventions ratified by China will rise to 28, including six of the eight Fundamental Conventions.

May 2021

  1. The ILO-MOHRSS Tripartite Seminar on the Forced Labour Convention (No. 29) and Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention (P29) held in Beijing

February 2018

  1. Building Capacity for Migrant Workers’ Access to Just Compensation, Post-Return

    The Integrated Programe on Fair Recruitment (FAIR project) will conduct a training workshop “Building Capacity for Migrant Workers’ Access to Just Compensation, Post-Return” to help develop the capacities of the caseworkers of Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO) to identify, develop and, with the help of partners abroad, seek damages on behalf of migrant workers who have been exploited, trafficked or injured in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR).

January 2010

  1. Workshop "Addressing the Demand Side of Chinese Migrant Workers in European Countries”

    Workshop organized by the ILO, in cooperation with the National Council of Small and Medium Sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR), , as a component of the Project on “Capacity Building for Migration Management in China (CBMM)”.

December 2009

  1. Workshop "The employment of Chinese migrant workers in UK: issues and solutions"

    Event organized by the University of Nottingham and the ILO, as part of a European Union-China collaborative project "Capacity Building for Migration Management in China (CBMM)" funded by the EU.

November 2009

  1. ILO-Nottingham workshop raises urgent Chinese migrant labour issues

    04 November 2009

    Human trafficking, the exploitation of Chinese migrants in the UK and the impact of economic recession on Chinese migrant workers were among issues hotly debated by more than 70 people at a conference organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and The University of Nottingham.

October 2009

  1. Improving the Management of Migration Systems: Challenges for China and Europe, by Roger Plant, Bucharest, October 2009

    13 October 2009

    Presentation to Workshop on “Addressing the Demand Side of Chinese Migrant Workers in European Countries”, Bucharest, Romania, 11-12 October 2009

July 2009

  1. Capacity Building for Migration Management in China - Newsletter July 2009

    24 July 2009

    Update about the ‘Capacity Building for Migration Management in China’ Project, which is co-implemented by the ILO and IOM, in close partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Human Resources and Socurity, and the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China.

July 2007

  1. ILO/ACFTU Workshop on Labour standards and fight against forced labour at workplace

    The workshop will address the role of trade unions in the prevention and eradication of forced labour. The whole training will be based on the principles and provisions of ILO labour standards esp. Conventions No.29 and No.105. The seminar will include 40 trade unionists from the local affiliations of the ACFTU, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, a mass organization of the working class formed voluntarily by the Chinese workers and staff members.