News on forced labour
February 2019
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Ireland joins efforts to combat forced labour
04 February 2019
Ireland has ratified the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, becoming the 29th ILO Member State to do so.
July 2010
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Ireland: Forced labour criminalised by Human Trafficking Act
30 July 2010
The employers of people coerced into working in restaurants or private homes could face criminal prosecution under the new Human Trafficking Act, which not only criminalises trafficking people by bringing them into the country, but also criminalises forced labour when here