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This guide aims to explain why ratification and implementation of P029, the “Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930” (the Forced Labour Protocol) represents a vital opportunity for trade unions and their allies to obtain, through social dialogue and action, measures to end exploitative labor practices and advance opportunities for decent work. It sets out the challenges to obtaining decent work posed by the laws, policies, and practices that facilitate forced labor and trafficking in the contemporary world. It explains key elements that the Forced Labour Protocol enshrines in law when ratified. The guide also aims to explain some of the key opportunities to build pressure for ratification of the Forced Labour Protocol and looks at some specific obstacles to that ratification.

A questionnaire pertaining to vulnerabilities to forced labor.

A comic strip about a forced labor scenario.

An informational flyer about the characteristics of forced labor, legislation on penalties against forced labor perpetrators, and contact information for reporting forced labor cases.

A table displaying the number of informational materials distributed per region in Peru at workshops, conferences, and campaigns.

This report reviews 14 cases of female workers that have been analyzed that raise concern about the possibility that they could be subjected to exploitative labor conditions during the pandemic caused by the Sar-Cov-2 coronavirus. These cases have been identified by the Trade Union of Domestic Workers of the Lima Region (SINTTRAHOL), the Institute for the Promotion and Training of Domestic Workers (IPROFOTH) and by the National Federation of Paid Domestic Workers of Peru. (FENTRAHOGARP). 

This guide aims to explain why ratification and implementation of P029, the “Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930” (the Forced Labour Protocol) represents a vital opportunity for trade unions and their allies to obtain, through social dialogue and action, measures to end exploitative labor practices and advance opportunities for decent work. It sets out the challenges to obtaining decent work posed by the laws, policies and practices that facilitate forced labor and trafficking in the contemporary world. It explains key elements that the Forced Labour Protocol enshrines in law when ratified. The guide also aims to explain some of the key opportunities to build pressure for ratification of the Forced Labour Protocol and looks at some specific obstacles to that ratification.

This guide aims to explain why ratification and implementation of P29, the “Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930” (the Forced Labour Protocol) represents a vital opportunity for trade unions and their allies to obtain, through social dialogue and action, measures to end exploitative labor practices and advance opportunities for decent work. It sets out the challenges to obtaining decent work posed by the laws, policies and practices that facilitate forced labor and trafficking in the contemporary world. It explains key elements that the Forced Labour Protocol enshrines in law when ratified. The guide also aims to explain some of the key opportunities to build pressure for ratification of the Forced Labour Protocol and looks at some specific obstacles to that ratification.

An informational flyer about a law criminalizing slavery in Mauritania.

An informational flyer about actions that fall within slavery practices.