Stopping Forced Labour [antikvár]

Executive summaryForced Labour is universally condemned. Yet the elimination of itsnumerous forms old and new, ranging from slavery and debt bondage totrafficking in human beings remains one of the most complex challengesfacing local communities, national governments, employers5 and workers'organizations and the international community. Tackling this denial of humanfreedom calls for multidimensional solutions to address the disparate forms thatforced labour takes.1Stopping forced labour is the second Global Report issued under theInternational Labour Organization's (ILO) new promotional tool, the follow-up to the 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights atWork. The Report looks closely at the myriad forms of forced labour found inthe world today and the various responses to them, with the aim of mobilizinggreater support for their eradication. It closes by proposing a specificprogramme of action for discussion and approval by ILO constituents thatstrives for a holistic approach to eliminating this terrible practice.Through an extensive survey of the available evidence, Part I of theReport examines the most prevalent forms of forced labour still in existencetoday. Worldwide attention to forced labour has increased in recent yearsthrough the international appeals to one country in particular (Myanmar) torectify that persistent problem. Trafficking of women and children mainlyfor prostitution and domestic service but also sweatshop work has alsoincreased dramatically throughout the world in the last ten years. In NorthAmerica, several high-profile cases in sweatshop industries have resulted insevere penalties and heightened public awareness. In addition, millions ofpeople live and work in conditions of debt bondage in many countriesthroughout South Asia and Central and South America.Stopping forced labour reviews the history behind the ILO's and the UnitedNations response to the problem of forced labour, starting in the 1920s. TheILO adopted the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), following workthat had been undertaken at the request of the League of Nations. The 1950ssaw renewed attention to other forms of forced labour, either for punishmentfor political views or as vestiges of agrarian feudalism widespread at the time.