Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Jamaica (Ratification: 1962)
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 - Jamaica (Ratification: 2017)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Articles 1(1), 2(1) and 25 of the Convention. Trafficking in persons. The Committee has noted the adoption of the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007, which was enacted with a view to implementing the provisions of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children. The Committee would appreciate it if the Government would provide, in its next report, information on the application of the 2007 Act in practice, including the information on the legal proceedings which have been instituted under the Act and indicating the penalties imposed. Please also supply information on any other measures taken or envisaged to combat trafficking in persons for the purpose of exploitation, such as, for example, the information on the activities of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons, and supply copies of the relevant reports, studies and other documents, including a copy of the National Plan of Action against trafficking and any available statistics.