Videos on forced labour
January 2015
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Domestic workers' rights: Let's keep the momentum
26 January 2015
Very few of the estimated 53 million domestic workers worldwide are covered by labour laws. In 2011, the ILO's Member States adopted the Domestic Workers' Convention (N°189) to protect their rights, promote equality of opportunity and treatment, and improve working and living conditions. So far, 17 countries have ratified this convention. Let's keep the momentum!
November 2014
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Presentation on the "Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value - How do We Get There?"
24 November 2014
Presentation made at the occasion of webinar on the "Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value - How do We Get There?", 29 March 2011.
October 2014
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It's time to ratify the newly adopted ILO Forced Labour Protocol
17 October 2014
The new legally-binding ILO Protocol on Forced Labour aims to strengthen global efforts towards combating forced labour, trafficking and slavery-like practices. Governments now have the opportunity to ratify the Protocol and integrate new measures at the national and regional levels to combat this crime.
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It's now time to ratify the newly adopted ILO Forced Labour Protocol
17 October 2014
The new legally-binding ILO Protocol on Forced Labour aims to strengthen global efforts towards combating forced labour, trafficking and slavery-like practices. Governments now have the opportunity to ratify the Protocol and integrate new measures at the national and regional levels to combat this crime.
June 2014
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ILC concludes with praise for Forced Labour Protocol
12 June 2014
The annual International Labour Conference has ended Thursday. In his closing remarks Director General Guy Ryder pointed to the successful adoption of the forced labour protocol as a notable achievement.
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Watch: New Protocol adopted to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery
11 June 2014
A new legally binding Protocol aimed at strengthening global efforts to combat forced labour was largely adopted by government, employer and worker delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC). "This is truly a historic moment because delegates in this room have now modernized effectively Convention 29, which was adopted 84 years ago. We have much stronger measures now to protect the victims and to prevent Forced Labour", said Beate Andrees, Head of the ILO Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour.
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ILC adopts new Protocol to help eliminate forced labour
11 June 2014
The International Labour Conference has voted 437 to 8 to adopt a new protocol on forced labour. Delegates have hailed the move as a major step in the fight against contemporary forms of forced labour.
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Forced Labour Committee grapples with modernising 84 year old convention
06 June 2014
One of the key questions before the International Labour Conference (ILC) this year is how to reform the Forced Labour Convention. Originally adopted in 1930, Convention 29 is widely considered by delegates to be in need of change to help the millions of people affected by forced labour globally.
May 2014
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International Labour Conference opens with calls to address migration and forced labour
28 May 2014
The 103rd annual International Labour Conference began Wednesday in Geneva. Thousands of delegates representing governments, employees and employers have gathered to discuss and address issues surrounding migration, forced labour and the formalization of the global workforce.
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Forced labour has no place in our society, says ILO
20 May 2014
Forced labour in the private economy generates US$ 150 billion in illegal profits per year, according to a new ILO report. To stop forced labour, there needs to be a "combination of very efficient prevention measures and very effective protection measures for victims, and also getting those that are using forced labour to pay and compensate the victims," says Corinne Vargha, Chief of the ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch, in an interview with the BBC.