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Forced labour is a severe violation of human rights affecting 28 million of men, women and children in all countries and all economic sectors.
Victims of forced labour include 17.3 million exploited in the private sector; 6.3 million in forced commercial sexual exploitation, and 3.9 million in forced labour imposed by State.
“Slavery” is defined under Article 1(1) of the League of Nations Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery (the Slavery Convention), 1926, as “the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised”.
Modern slavery is a scourge that affects every region of the world. The latest Global Estimates indicate that 50 million people were living in modern slavery in 2021.
Modern slavery. 50 million people worldwide in modern slavery. Latest estimates show that forced labour and forced marriage have increased significantly in the last five years, according to the International Labour Organization, Walk Free and the International Organization for Migration.
of slave descent or from traditional prejudices, others are linked to chronic unemployment and under-employment, resulting in an often desperate need for people to migrate in search of work. Current evidence suggests that children may represent a higher proportion of forced labourers in Africa than elsewhere.
That maid was a veritable slave. ” A labour inspector in France Anyone can be a victim of forced labour. However, people who lack knowledge of the local language or laws, have few livelihood options, belong to a minority religious or ethnic group, have a disabilitity or have other characteristics that set them
Research and knowledge management ß Global Slavery Observatory (GSO): The objectives are to create a “clearing house” for data on
On 26 May 2021, Saudi Arabia deposited the instrument of ratification of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, becoming the fifty-second country worldwide and the first among members of the Gulf Cooperation Council to ratify this instrument.
Forced labour. Hard to see, harder to count: Handbook on forced labour surveys. This revised version of the "Hard to see, harder to count" handbook provides an updated set of tools for the design, implementation and analysis of quantitative surveys on the forced labour of adults.