Events on forced labour

March 2015

  1. Training for TIP National Focal Points

    2 March - 4 May 2015

February 2015

  1. Panel on Labor Rights and Human Trafficking

    19 February 2015

  2. Human exploitation: ending human trafficking and forced labour

    19 February 2015

    On the occasion of the World Day of Social Justice, the ILO held a panel discussion on the modern forms of forced labour, human trafficking, the vulnerability of workers to exploitation and the impact on national and global social and economic development.

January 2015

  1. Regional Conference on the Labour Dimensions of Trafficking in Persons in the ASEAN region

    27 - 29 January 2015

    Criminal justice and labour officers, inspectors and labour attachés from the ASEAN member states, social partners and other stakeholders participated in a regional conference on the Labour Dimensions of Trafficking in Persons organized with an aim to enhance participants’ understanding of the labour migration management, labour exploitation and criminal justice elements of labour trafficking.

December 2014

  1. New ILO standards on the elimination of forced labour– A multi stakeholder approach to address contemporary forms of forced labour and trafficking

    1 December 2014

    Side event organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Working Group on Business and Human Rights, in the framework of the 3rd annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

November 2014

  1. Regulating recruitment: labour and criminal justice responses in preventing trafficking in persons and migrant exploitation

    18 - 19 November 2014

    In today’s globalized economy workers are increasingly looking for job opportunities beyond their home country and the recruitment and employment of workers across global supply chains is a pressing concern. While some of the cross-border recruitment process is facilitated by social and informal networks, private employment agencies play an increasing role in matching labour demand and supply across borders. Globally, the Middle East remains one of the most competitive labour markets with around 70 per cent of migrant workers coming from Asia.

  2. Regulating recruitment: labour and criminal justice responses in preventing trafficking in persons and migrant exploitation

    18 - 19 November 2014

    A tripartite consultative workshop jointly organized by the ILO and UNODC.

  3. Information session on a proposed Global Fund to End Slavery

    12 November 2014

    Presentation followed by a Q&A session to discuss the proposal to establish a Global Fund to End Modern Slavery

  4. Information session on a proposed Global Fund to End Slavery

    12 November 2014

    Presentation followed by a Q&A session to discuss the proposal to establish a Global Fund to End Modern Slavery

  5. Information session on Decent Work for Sustainable Development

    11 November 2014