Tajikistan Creates Framework for ILO Forced Labour Protocol Ratification
On 22 November 2017, a meeting of Tajikistan’s Tripartite-Plus Working Group was held jointly with the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment (MLME) and ILO-IPEC in preparation for ratification of the ILO Forced Labour Protocol 2014.
22 November 2017
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The Working Group operating under the MLEM auspices, consists of 25 representatives of the country’s key government ministries and agencies and other partners, including the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Committee on Women and Family Affairs, the Statistics Agency, the President’s Executive Office, organisations of employees and employers, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions, and UNICEF and IOM. The WG’s membership makes it possible to address various stakeholder perspectives in the final package to be submitted to the government.
The meeting featured a presentation by an external consultant who made an overview of the 2014 Protocol and its Recommendation 209, and of ILO Conventions 29 and its Recommendation. Then the participants discussed the forced labour challenges in Tajikistan, examined the latest global estimates of forced labour and discussed how Tajikistan may benefit from the ratification.
The working group was established following an awareness-raising workshop on the 2014 Protocol on Forced Labour held on 30 May 2017. The workshop aimed to explain the Protocol’s key provisions and potential benefits of its ratification for Tajikistan. The event helped engage the country’s tripartite constituents and relevant stakeholders in sharing relevant knowledge and practices and contributed to political commitment to ratify and implement the Protocol.
The WG will have a series of meetings; their next session will discuss a draft document prepared by the external consultant and provide a review of the Protocol’s consistency with the national legislation, an economical analysis, and a justification of the ratification, and then the document will be presented for further action on ratification.
The meeting featured a presentation by an external consultant who made an overview of the 2014 Protocol and its Recommendation 209, and of ILO Conventions 29 and its Recommendation. Then the participants discussed the forced labour challenges in Tajikistan, examined the latest global estimates of forced labour and discussed how Tajikistan may benefit from the ratification.
The working group was established following an awareness-raising workshop on the 2014 Protocol on Forced Labour held on 30 May 2017. The workshop aimed to explain the Protocol’s key provisions and potential benefits of its ratification for Tajikistan. The event helped engage the country’s tripartite constituents and relevant stakeholders in sharing relevant knowledge and practices and contributed to political commitment to ratify and implement the Protocol.
The WG will have a series of meetings; their next session will discuss a draft document prepared by the external consultant and provide a review of the Protocol’s consistency with the national legislation, an economical analysis, and a justification of the ratification, and then the document will be presented for further action on ratification.