Outcome 15 - Forced labour is eliminated

Outcome 15 - Forced labour is eliminated
RESULTS BY INDICATOR
Indicator 15.1: Number of member States in which constituents, with ILO support, implement specific policies, programmes or actions
leading to improved application of Conventions, principles and rights on the elimination of forced labour
Measurement
To be counted as reportable, results must meet at least two of the following criteria:
1. Convention No. 29 or 105 is ratified or the supervisory bodies have noted with satisfaction or interest progress in the application of the relevant
Conventions.
2. A new or modified national law, policy or plan of action to eliminate forced labour is adopted, or forced labour elimination is included as a priority of
national development policy, or an institutional structure is established to lead or coordinate action against forced labour.
3. There is a documented increase in the number of prosecutions and convictions of persons exacting forced labour.
4. Systems are established or strengthened to allow former victims of forced labour, including of human trafficking, to access assistance appropriate to
their needs.
5. Systems are established or strengthened to provide up to date sex-disaggregated data and information on forced labour and responses to it.
Country/ Country
Programme
Outcome (CPO)
Measurement
Criteria
Result Achieved
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2011 Case of interest (re: C. 29): Adoption of
the Anti-Human Trafficking Act (No. 11 of 2008),
which provides for various measures aimed at
combating human trafficking, including
prevention and victim protection measures.
ILO Contribution
Africa
Zambia/ZMB177:
Greater capacity for
awareness raising and
advocacy on child
labour and human
trafficking issues
among stakeholders
Provided technical assistance to the Government for the
drafting of the new law and held training workshops for
labour inspectors and trade unions on how to combat
forced labour and trafficking to facilitate the law’s
implementation.
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The National Action Plan (NAP) on Anti-Human
Trafficking was revised and the revised version
approved by Ministry of Home Affairs in 2011.
Provided technical assistance to the NAP revision. The
modification includes ILO contribution to the capacity
building of district development structures and
employers’ organizations on forced labour and
trafficking.
District coordination structures against forced
In Kazungula and Nakonde, held workshops to create
labour and trafficking established in two districts awareness and provide clear understanding of human
(Kazungula and Nakonde)
trafficking and forced labour to the District Development
Coordinating Committees (DDCC). The specific objectives
of the workshops were to enable participants to: (1)
familiarize themselves with the Anti-Human
Trafficking Act of 2008 and Zambian labour laws in the
context of human trafficking and forced labour; (2)
describe the existence of human trafficking/forced labour
in the district; (3) explain the causes of human
trafficking in the district; (4) identify ways of reporting
and documenting occurrences of forced labour and
human trafficking incidents in the district; (5) develop
action plans for addressing issues of forced labour and
human trafficking in the district.
Arab States
Jordan/JOR154:
Enhanced capacity of
the Government to
prevent and prosecute
trafficking and forced
labour
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A National Committee on Anti-Trafficking chaired
by the Minister of Justice was formed in early
2010 under the auspices of 2009 anti-trafficking
law. The Committee launched the first National
Strategy for Combatting Human Trafficking
(2010-2012) in March 2010.
Strengthened government law enforcement capacity to
identify, investigate and prosecute forced labour and
human trafficking, including through the adoption of an
anti-trafficking law in 2009, the development of the
National Strategy against Trafficking in Persons, and the
formation of a National Committee for the Prevention of
A joint Anti-Trafficking Unit is now in the process Human Trafficking to roll out the Strategy. Also provided
of being jointly formed by the Ministry of Labour technical support for the drafting of operational
guidelines of the Joint Enforcement Unit.
and the Public Security Department. The Unit
will deal directly with human trafficking cases,
for example by conducting investigations and
referring cases for prosecution.
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Garment factories in the Qualified Industrial
Zones now have internal assessment tools to
collect data, including information on forced
labour, through Better Work Jordan's individual
factory assessments and customized advisory
services.
Designed a methodology and provided technical inputs
for factory assessments, which were applied in factories
participating in the Better Work Programme. The
assessments are designed to monitor compliance with
international labour standards and national labour law on
forced labour as part of this programme.
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At the policy level, a sub-group on vulnerable
groups, including bonded labour, has been
created to prepare inputs into the planning
process for its 12th Five Year National Plan.
Took part in an inter-ministerial task force to review the
Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976 (BLSAA). The
recommendations were presented to the Union Labour
Minister (April 2010). The recommendations focused on
definitional clarifications of what constitutes bonded
labour, and at the operational level, on the need to focus
on a convergence-based model for prevention, in
addition to identification and rehabilitation, to address
the root causes of bondage. These inputs were sent to
the Planning Commission by the Ministry of Labour and
Employment (MoLE).
Asia- Pacific
India/IND152:
Strengthened policy
framework for reducing
vulnerability to
bondage
At the operational level, a Memorandum of
Understanding has been established in June
2011 between two states - Orissa and Andhra
Pradesh - to develop mechanisms to improve
inter-state coordination to address bonded
labour among migrant brick-kiln workers.
Based on a pilot experience in Tamil Nadu, four
other states - Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,
Orissa and Uttar Pradesh - have developed a
plan of action for elimination of bonded labour.
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Brick-kiln workers (susceptible to situations of
bondage) have access to welfare benefits by
inclusion under the Building and Other
Construction Workers Act. They are also being
provided access to health services through the
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) model
of health insurance.
Helped workers to procure the documents they require
to have year-round access to various welfare schemes,
including the public distribution system of subsidized
essential commodities, through interventions in both the
source areas and the districts where the brick kilns are
located. This helped overcome one of the obstacles that
prevent brick-kiln workers from gaining access to welfare
entitlements – namely, the fact that they move out of
their place of origin for a part of the year.
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Nepal/NPL828:
Government place an
integrated approach to
the elimination of
bonded labour at the
heart of their relevant
development, social
and/or anti-poverty
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An improved model of the recruitment system
for brick-kiln workers focusing on transparency
through written contracts has been developed
through consensus with employers and workers.
Since 2001 the ILO has been working in India to prevent
bonded labour through technical cooperation. Following
ILO-commissioned research, and subsequent
deliberations of the tripartite sub-committee on
recruitment, the Department of Labour and Employment
of the Tamil Nadu State Government advised the
employers and unions to develop and test an
‘appointment order-based recruitment system’.
Subsequently, the concept of a workers pool/recruitment
cell was developed through a social dialogue process.
This is now being field tested by a coalition of trade
unions in agreement with the employers’ associations.
The ILO provided technical assistance throughout the
process. This included the holding of two workshops for
labour recruiters in July 2011 in Kanchipuram district to
orient them on the improved recruitment system, the
advantages of establishing documents showing proof of
employment and their role in field testing the process.
An employer’s code of conduct to improve work
place facilities is operational in Tamil Nadu and
is being replicated in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra
Pradesh.
Organized a workshop on the link between worker
welfare and productivity, in which some 40 owners and
managers of brick kilns participated. As a follow-up to it,
a Code of Conduct was adopted (February 2010) under
which the signatory employers commit to undertaking a
range of workplace improvements and to respect
workers’ rights.
In February 2011, the revised Foreign
Employment Regulation was endorsed by the
Government.
Provided technical comments on the revision of Foreign
Employment Regulation. Technically assisted the
Government in tailoring ILO standard training manual on
monitoring of recruitment agencies into Nepali context;
manual was published in Nepali in May 2011.
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policies and
programmes
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In February 2010, a new Foreign Employment
Tribunal (FET) was established and started
prosecuting and convicting persons involved in
frauds, especially of women and girls.
Provided technical support for the drafting of the Foreign
Employment Tribunal Regulation, as well as the
establishment of the Tribunal. Provided capacity building
for the newly appointed judges of the Tribunal through
workshops in Nepal and at the Turin Centre.
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In July 2011, an e-foreign employment
information and database management system
was established by the Government. The
Government also validated a survey on bonded
labour.
Organized a study tour on the foreign employment
management information system to Sri Lanka for
government officials concerned and provided technical
support for the setting up of the system. Executed the
survey and supported its validation.
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Algunos Estados están implementando políticas
siguiendo modelos exitosos desarrollados en
otros Estados y creando Comisiones Estaduales
(COETRAES); ese es el caso de Rio de Janeiro,
que ha instalado su COETRAE en Junio de 2010,
la séptima del país (las otras 6 son las de Mato
Grosso, Bahia, Pará, Maranhão, Piauí y
Tocantins). Se registran cambios importantes en
la legislación relativos al tema de la trata de
personas. En 2010, fue presentado al Congreso
Nacional el texto del Convenio Internacional
sobre Protección de los Derechos de Todos los
Trabajadores Migrantes y de los Miembros de
sus Familias, adoptada por la Asamblea General
de las NNUU en diciembre de 1990. El II Plan
Nacional de Enfrentamiento a la Trata de
Personas ya está siendo elaborado a través de
consulta pública.
La OIT participa activamente de la CONATRAE, incluso
en su comisión ejecutiva. Con relación a las COETRAEs,
la OIT es uno de los miembros del grupo gestor y brinda
asistencia técnica a ellas, en algunos casos conduciendo
misiones in loco. Ha realizado un levantamiento de las
políticas públicas y de la legislación brasileña,
considerando el contenido del Protocolo de Palermo y las
adecuaciones necesarias al fortalecimiento de las
acciones de enfrentamiento a la trata de personas. Este
material será un importante apoyo a las discusiones del
II Plan Nacional de Enfrentamiento a la Trata de
Personas. Además, la OIT ha apoyado directamente, en
articulación con IPEC, el proceso de discusión del Plan
Estadual de Enfrentamiento a la Trata de Personas en
Mato Grosso, por medio da realización de eventos,
producción de materiales de discusión y participación en
seminarios y talleres.
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Mato Grosso está implementando desde 2010
Ese programa cuenta con la asesoría técnica de la OIT
Americas
Brazil/BRA127:
The formulation and
implementation of
public policies and
social actions related to
eliminate forced labour
and trafficking in
persons are supported
and improved
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acciones de rehabilitación y reinserción de
desde su inicio. La experiencia del programa está siendo
victimas como parte de una política pública
sistematizada por el Gobierno del Estado, con la asesoría
adoptada por el Estado. Recientemente, 25
técnica de la OIT. El objetivo final será la replicación del
víctimas de trabajo forzoso fueron reinsertadas programa en otros Estados. La OIT ha apoyado la SNJ en
en el mercado formal laboral en las obras de
la producción de materiales de capacitación sobre el
uno de los estadios que van a recibir el Mundial tema de la trata de personas con vistas a la mejoría del
de Fútbol en 2014. El atendimiento a las
atendimiento. La OIT ha apoyado el proceso de consulta
víctimas de trata de personas fue incorporado en pública a la sociedad civil y ha realizado eventos de
el sistema de asistencia social. Los Centros de
fortalecimiento de organizaciones de la sociedad civil
Referencia de Asistencia Social (CRAS), que
para la elaboración de propuestas para la mejoría de la
hacen parte de la estructura del Ministerio del
acción gubernamental en el atendimiento a las víctimas
Desarrollo Social y Combate a la Hambre (MDS), de trata de personas.
iniciaran el atendimiento a las víctimas de trata
de personas. Además, la Secretaria Nacional de
Justicia (SNJ), del Ministerio de Justicia (MJ),
está ampliando la implantación de Núcleos y
Puestos de Atendimiento a las víctimas.
Actualmente están en funcionamiento núcleos y
puestos en los siguientes estados: Goiás, Pará,
Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Acre y
Pará.
Europe-Central Asia
Armenia/ARM127:
Strengthening
constituents capacity to
develop and implement
policies to combat
forced labour and
human trafficking
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According to the Prosecutor General's office
there is an increased number of both
prosecutions and convictions of trafficking in
human beings in the country (in 2010, nine
criminal cases, three convictions, four persons
convicted; in 2011, ten criminal cases, five
convictions, eight persons convicted).
This has followed the strengthening of Law
Enforcement agencies’ capacity to detect,
investigate and prosecute criminal activities in
the trafficking of human beings.
Provided technical assistance for the development of the
training manual on combating trafficking in humans for
law enforcement agencies. Conducted pilot training of
trainers for law enforcement agencies (February 2011)
and three trainings (one in Yerevan and two in
provinces) for law enforcement practitioners and labour
inspectorates (second half of 2011).
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Criminal Code was amended in 2011. The
amendments include a new formulation of
human trafficking and exploitation. A number of
other articles have been also revised. According
to the Criminal Code, separate acts that were
not criminally punishable have been
criminalized.
Conducted 15 seminars on amendment of the Criminal
Code for law enforcement agencies and other interested
authorities that cooperate with the law enforcement
organs (i.e. Prosecutor’s Office, Judiciary, and Executive
Committees).
National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for victim
assistance was periodically updated through the
specifically created Inter-Agency Working Group
(IAWG) (March 2011).
Invited State Labour Inspectors to attend a National
Forum on NRM, where ILO chaired a session on
combating forced labour and the trafficking of human
beings and provided trainings for the coordination and
cooperation of national anti-trafficking teams.
Focal points in the Confederation of Trade
Unions of Armenia provided 126 people with
legal advice on safe migration and 48 people
received face-to-face consultation.
Through the Office of the Organisation of Security and
Co-operation in Europe (the ILO project partner in
Yerevan), organized a study visit to Poland for the
Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance and national
NGO representatives; the visit covered relevant
experience in NRM, shelter operations, victim protection
and assistance through state-NGO cooperation, to enable
participants to learn from their experience and organize
a better victim-oriented assistance and protection system
in Armenia. Also supported trade union members by
providing competent and important information on safe
migration opportunities and about the identification
methods of potential human trafficking and forced
labour,
Data collection mechanism strengthened
through the specifically created Inter-Agency
Working Group (IAWG). Delphi methodology is
introduced.
Supported installation of test version of database on
Trafficking in Human Beings, which was installed in the
offices of repositories by the International Centre for
Migration Policy Development, and its translation into
Armenian. Developed the end user manual and provided
training on database usage (2011).
National Statistical Service conducted the
Provided assistance to the National Statistics Service, a
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Azerbaijan /AZE902:
Strengthening
constituents’ capacity
to develop and
implement policies to
combat forced labour
and human trafficking
Georgia/GEO901:
Strengthening
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victim-centred quantitative survey with full
participation of IAWG members. After the
presentation of the survey IAWG members
debated the results and compiled
recommendations for its finalization
victim-centred quantitative survey and co-hosted
workshop for the Inter-Agency Working Group members
to validate the survey data.
Coordination of the implementation of the
National Action Plan to combat trafficking has
been improved through workshops (involving all
stakeholders), aimed at providing technical
support and advice in the preparation,
implementation and follow-up of the National
Action Plans.
Conducted two national workshops on implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of the NAP with stakeholders,
such as Ministries of Labour and employers’ and workers’
organizations. Participated with project partners in
several meetings with Government agencies to provide
technical assistance and consultations on implementation
of specific actions of the NAP.
Code of Conduct for Republic Union of
Employers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Employers’ Confederation (AEC) was developed,
adopted and signed.
Provided technical assistance to prepare the Code of
Conduct and to organize the signing ceremony. With the
AEC, organized grassroots workshops in Baku and the
regions on monitoring of compliance with the Code of
Conduct for member organizations.
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Victims’ assistance centre established under the Conducted international research aimed at a
Minister of Labour to facilitate social integration comprehensive report on the impact of the assistance
of victims.
provided to victims of trafficking. Provided technical
assistance to the centre on a case-by-case basis.
114 former victims of trafficking or labour
Supported the Azerbaijan Trade Union Confederation’s
exploitation have been provided with various
focal point to provide assistance to 130 trade union
forms of assistance, as listed in the IOM report members and more than 120 potential migrants.
on the impact of the assistance.
Provided technical assistance to the government in
Standard Operating Procedures.
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Data collection mechanism established and
strengthened within the Ministry of Interior, as
the National Coordinator on anti-trafficking
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A new National Action Plan 2011-2012 on
Held four national workshops on the NAP with
Forced Labour was adopted by the Government stakeholders on implementation, monitoring, evaluation
Supported installation of test version of database on the
trafficking on human beings in Azeri in the offices of
repositories. Developed end user manual and provided
training on database usage.
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constituents’ capacity
to develop and
implement policies to
combat forced labour
and human trafficking
of Georgia in March 2011.
of the NAP and drafting of the new NAP.
Guiding principles on the trafficking of human
beings and forced labour for employers were
signed by the Georgian Employers’ Association
(GEA).
Provided technical assistance for developing the Guiding
principles for Employers and business against trafficking
in human beings-forced labour and organizing a special
signing ceremony. With GEA, organized the “Regional
Workshop for Employers’ Organizations from the South
Caucasus and Destination Countries on Strategies
against Human Trafficking and Forced Labour”, and four
grassroots workshops on the role of business in
addressing forced labour for trafficking in Georgia.
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The Standard Operating Procedures of the
Facilitated the strengthening of the Georgian
National Referral Mechanism are developed and Government’s victims’ assistance programme, for
available in English.
example, by providing technical assistance for the
development of the Standard Operating Procedures.
Continued to support the strengthening of the National
Referral Mechanism by participating in the ad hoc
meetings of the Victim Identification Permanent.
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Data collection mechanism developed and
strengthened by installing a database in the
State Fund for the Protection and Assistance to
Victims of Trafficking in Persons of Georgia and
in the Prosecutors Office/Ministry of Justice, in
collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and
Special Operations Department in 2010.
Supported installation of test version of victim-centred
database and trafficker-centred database on the
trafficking of human beings in Georgian in the offices of
repositories. Developed end user manual and provided
training on database usage.
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EXAMPLES OF GLOBAL OUTPUTS
Hard to see, harder to count: Survey guidelines to estimate forced labour of adults and children
A methodological guide on how to measure forced labour – Hard to see, harder to count – was launched in Washington and published in 2011. The
guidelines aim to provide comprehensive information and tools to enable national statistical offices and research institutions to undertake national surveys on
forced labour and trafficking of adults and/or children. The guide accompanies the validation of ten pilot surveys on forced labour completed at the national
level. A report on the Washington launch and more detailed information on the guidelines are available at www.ilo.org/forcedlabour.
Partnerships with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the International Organization of Employers (OIE) to combat
forced labour
Within a partnership with the ILO, through its Special Action Programme to combat Forced Labour (SAP-FL), ITUC has set up an updated web site featuring a
new campaign against forced labour and a blog sharing best practices to combat forced labour. SAP-FL has also been working with employers' organizations
to provide training on combating forced labour to employers and businesses, for example in China, Oman and Viet Nam. This work is based on an ILO's
handbook for employers, which has been developed in close consultation with IOE.
Webinar on “Eradicating Forced Labour from Global Supply Chains”
The first webinar on “Eradicating Forced Labour from Global Supply Chains”, organized by the ILO Helpdesk for Business and Special Action Programme to
combat Forced Labour, was held on 26 October 2011. It provided practical guidance on assessing and addressing forced labour risks to the tripartite
constituents and others, including specialists in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility, managers, researchers and investors. The seminar also
highlighted specific ILO projects with business in order to highlight good practices and demonstrate how business can work with trade unions, civil society
groups and public policy actors to identify and eliminate forced labour and trafficking. Information on the webinar is currently available at:
www.ilo.org/forcedlabour.
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