Publications on forced labour

Business and the fight against child labour - Experience from India, Brazil and South Africa

25 October 2013

A new report on the efforts of businesses in three countries in the global South to eliminate child labour, in their operations, supply chains and wider communities.

The good practices of labour inspection in Brazil: the eradication of labour analogous to slavery

15 April 2011

This publication was produced under the framework of technical cooperation undertaken between the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Secretariat of Labour Inspection (SIT). This partnership is embodied in the collection “The Good Practices of Labour Inspection in Brazil,” comprised of four publications on the labour inspection system in Brazil and the Brazilian labour inspection experiences in the following areas: eradication of child labour; combating forced labour; and the maritime sector. The eradication of labour analogous to slavery is today one of the main objectives of the Brazilian agenda for the promotion of human rights. This document presents a synthesis of labour inspection actions of the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTE), in cooperation with governmental partners, employer associations, workers’ unions and civil society organizations in the fi ght against this extreme form of labour exploitation.

Fighting forced labour: the example of Brazil

15 July 2009

For some fifteen years, since a new inter-ministerial body was created in 1995 to coordinate action against forced labour, Brazil has been addressing the problem with vigour and determination. It has done so in many ways, involving different government agencies, employers’ and workers’ organizations, civil society, the media, academic organizations and others.

Modern-Day Slavehouse - Article originally published in the February 2008 edition of Rolling Stone Brazil magazine

02 April 2008

Brazilian employers using slave labor find support in the Congress to have their names off the so-called “Dirty List”.

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