ILO handbook for labour inspectors on forced labour and human trafficking published in Azerbaijani language

16 February 2011

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The ILO handbook for labour inspectors on forced labour and human trafficking in the Azerbaijani language was presented in Baku on February 16. The event was organized within the framework of the ILO project on strengthening of comprehensive anti-trafficking response in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and Azerbaijan’s Labour and Social Protection Ministry.

The head of Azerbaijan’s labour inspection, Rauf Tagiyev, unveiled the event for representatives of the government, different ministries and agencies, experts of international and local organizations and mass media.

The chief technical advisor of the ILO Anti-Trafficking Project, Zsolt Dudas, made a presentation of the ILO Handbook. The Handbook seeks both to inform labour inspectors of the facts and trends of modern forced labour and the challenges before them, and to promote discussion as to how labour inspectorates worldwide could be harnessed more effectively to global efforts against forced labour and trafficking, he said.

Zsolt Dudas also spoke about the global scale of forced labour and good practices from difference countries on the involvement of labour inspectorates in prevention of human trafficking and protection of victims.

Representatives of the anti-trafficking unit of the Interior Ministry stressed importance of conducting further trainings for labour inspectors on forced labour and human trafficking.