ILO/ FORCED LABOUR PROTOCOL

The ILO has adopted a new legally binding protocol designed to strengthen global efforts to eliminate forced labour. There are currently an estimated 21 million forced labour victims worldwide. A recent ILO report estimates that US$150 billion in illegal profits are made in the private economy each year through modern forms of slavery. ILO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:37
• Production Date: 11 June 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION - ILO
• Subject Topical: EMPLOYMENT; CHILD LABOUR
• MAMS Id: 1120408

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STORY: ILO/ FORCED LABOUR PROTOCOL
TRT: 1:37
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

DATELINE: 11 JUNE 2013, GENEVA

1. Various shots, delegates at 103rd ILC voting on the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention 1930
2. Pan left, president of conference declares the adoption of the Protocol to delegates clapping
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Beate Andrees, Head of the Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“This is truly a historic moment because delegates in this room have now modernized effectively Convention 29, which was adopted 84 years ago. And there’s this new protocol supplementing the Convention. We have much stronger measures now to protect the victims, to prevent forced labour, and to also give victims the possibility to access remedies".
4. Cutaway, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Beate Andrees, Head of the Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, International Labour Organization (ILO):
"I think there is a clear link now between forced labour and trafficking. And trafficking, of course, is a growing concern for many member states. So both the protocol as well as the recommendations provide very concrete guidance as to how to address trafficking for the purpose of forced or compulsory labour. Then in addition, and more importantly, we have these provisions now on protection, prevention and remedy, which applied to all victims of forced labour whether they have been trafficked or not. And which we believe can really make a difference in terms of suppressing and eliminating forced labour in the future.”
6. Med shot, delegates

Storyline

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has adopted a new legally binding Protocol designed to strengthen global efforts to eliminate forced labour.

The Protocol, supported by a Recommendation, was adopted today (11 June) by government, employer and worker delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC) with 437 votes for 27 abstentions and eight against.

The new Protocol brings the existing ILO Convention 29 on Forced Labour, adopted in 1930, into the modern era to address practices such as human trafficking. The accompanying Recommendation provides technical guidance on its implementation.

Beate Andrees, the head of the Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour called this a “historic moment” and said there were now “stronger measures” to protect victims and to prevent forced labour.

She said that there was a clear link between forced labour and human trafficking and that both the protocol and the recommendations provide concrete guidance on addressing trafficking for the purpose of forced or compulsory labour.

There are currently an estimated 21 million forced labour victims worldwide. A recent ILO report estimates that US$ 150 billion in illegal profits are made in the private economy each year through modern forms of slavery.