News on forced labour
June 2014
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Ryder: We’ve endorsed an “agenda that really matters”
12 June 2014
World parliament of labour offers hope to millions of victims of forced labour, discusses migration, ways out of informality and overcoming mass unemployment.
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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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ILO adopts new Protocol to tackle modern forms of forced labour
11 June 2014
A new legally binding ILO Protocol on Forced Labour aims to advance prevention, protection and compensation measures, as well as to intensify efforts to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery.
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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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ILO Director-General’s opening remarks to the International Labour Conference
28 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.
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ILO's Director-General urges immediate action to eradicate forced labour
20 May 2014
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ILO says forced labour generates annual profits of US$ 150 billion
20 May 2014
Report finds illegal gain from forced labour of about 21 million people amounts to three times more than prior estimates.