National Tripartite seminar on Forced labor, trafficking and irregular migration.
In the light of this broadly discussed issue in the Russian society the ILO conducted a seminar on Forced labour, trafficking and irregular migration in the Russian Federation, which took place on May 15-16 2003 in Moscow.
Roger Plant, Head of the ILO Special Action Programme on Forced Labour and his colleagues delivered a series of presentations on the nature of compulsory labour, ILO standards and Conventions used to combat it, trafficking into forced labour and other related issues. The lively discussion that followed the presentations touched upon the following themes: trafficking in the Russian Federation, Russian legislation on trafficking and practical experience of combating it in Russia, irregular migration and the need of the Russian labour market in migrants and others.