Your country must act quickly to adopt and implement the international law1 to prevent abuses, protect victims, as well as punish those that profit from forced labor.
We have already waited decades for this tough new global standard against forced labor. The people trapped on farms, in mines, in factories and in all the other places where forced labor flourishes shouldn’t have to wait while our policy-makers drag their heels to put this law into practice.
All countries must prioritize this effort to end forced labor: call on the Government of your country to adopt this law immediately.
This law — known as the Protocol of 20141 to Convention 292Convention 292 supplemented by Protocol of 20141 — creates new responsibilities for governments in the fight against forced labor, the key measures cover:3
- Prevention. Governments are obligated to create national action plans to tackle forced labor and support business to root out and respond to forced labor in their supply chains.
- Better protection for victims. This includes the safeguarding of vulnerable migrant workers against fraudulent and abusive recruitment practices.
- Justice. Victims are now protected from prosecution for crimes they may have committed as a direct result of their forced labor. They also have access to justice, including the ability to claim for compensation for the abuses they have experienced, where they occurred.
Our collective voice can keep forced labor on the agenda and ensure swift action by the Government of your country. Act now!
Ratified countries:
Argentina, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Jamaica, Latvia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Norway, Panama, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom
Notes:
- http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_246549/lang–en/index.htm ↩
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/norhttp://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:3174672:NOmlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C029 ↩
- http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/11/global-treaty-protect-forced-labor-victims-adopted ↩
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I hold stock in various companies, and even I know that shareholder gain isn’t the highest moral imperative. The US must ratify and MEANINGFULLY ABIDE BY the Protocol of 2014 to Convention 29.
I’m really sorry to aknowledge that even if France already has ratified the protocol, absolutely NOTHING is done to fight human trafficking in the agricultural sector in south of France . North african workers are exploited by farmers in the south of France . Once the protocol is ratified, citizens and human rights defenders must stay vigilant !
The U. S. should adopt this law and then hold U. S. based companies accountable for their plethora of human rights abuses. The U.S. could start by taking aim at The Coca-Cola Company which , through repeated lies and bogus reports tries to cover-up the extensive use of illegal, hazardous child labor in its sugar supply chain. I expect the same is the case with respect to forced labor.
Coca-Cola owns 18.2% of Monster Beverage and has former and current executives on Monster’s board.
Please help to stop this and the other campaigns on this site. So important now.
We have to fight against this social ill with all of our might.