Publications on forced labour

January 2021

  1. ILO training package on inspection of labour conditions on board fishing vessels

    29 January 2021

  2. Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for Journalists in Viet Nam

    27 January 2021

    This toolkit was created to help journalists in Viet Nam report on fair recruitment and forced labour.

  3. Domestic Workers and Decent Work in Sri Lanka

    05 January 2021

    In repsonse to a Government of Sri Lanka request, this Reporth ighlights key findings from a study which examined the living and working conditions of domestic workers and assessed the current legal and policy gaps to ratify ILO's Decent Work for Domestic Workers Covention (No 189)

December 2020

  1. Toolkit on Developing National Action Plans on Forced Labour

    02 December 2020

    This Toolkit aims to support policy-makers, constituents and relevant stakeholders in the development of National Action Plans (NAPs) on forced labour. Building on existing national practices and examples, it provides details on the different steps of the process, from NAP formulation to implementation, as well as governance and evaluation.

November 2020

  1. Global guidelines on the prevention of forced labour through lifelong learning and skills development approaches

    30 November 2020

  2. Global guidelines on the economic reintegration of victims of forced labour through lifelong learning and skills development approaches (Double-page presentation)

    30 November 2020

  3. Global guidelines on the economic reintegration of victims of forced labour through lifelong learning and skills development approaches

    30 November 2020

October 2020

  1. Issue paper on COVID-19 and fundamental principles and rights at work

    07 October 2020

    For the millions of workers already in vulnerable situations, the COVID-19 crisis can have devastating consequences: their fundamental rights at work are under threat, pushing them and their families towards greater insecurity. Safeguarding and extending fundamental principles and rights at work will therefore be critical to the success of both immediate and longer-term responses to the crisis in the world of work.

  2. 2019 Annual Review under the follow-up to the ILO 1998 Declaration - Compilation of baseline tables, by country

    07 October 2020

    (based on the reports of Member States that have not ratified all fundamental Conventions and/or that have not ratified the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930)

August 2020

  1. Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for journalists in Pakistan

    31 August 2020

    This toolkit was created to help journalists in Pakistan report on fair recruitment and forced labour.