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ILO Forced Labour Protocol: ratification by EU countries
ILO Forced Labour Protocol: ratification by EU countries
ILO Forced Labour Protocol: ratification by EU countries
ILO Forced Labour Protocol: ratification by EU countries
SUMMARY OF:
SUMMARY
WHAT DO THESE DECISIONS DO?
KEY POINTS
BACKGROUND
Forced labour is work performed involuntarily and under coercion and is universally recognised as a crime since the ILO landmark Forced Labour Convention No 29 as adopted in 1930.
However, the ILO estimates that 20.9 million people around the world are still victims of forced labour. The vast majority of them are now in the private economy, in particular in the form of trafficking for labour exploitation. The Forced Labour Protocol and Recommendation, adopted by the ILO in 2014, aim at stepping up the global fight against all forms of forced labour.
FROM WHEN DO THE DECISIONS APPLY?
They apply from 12 November 2015. EU countries should take the necessary steps to deposit their instruments of ratification by 31 December 2016.
BACKGROUND
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ACTS
Council Decision (EU) 2015/2037 of 10 November 2015 authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, of the International Labour Organisation with regard to matters relating to social policy (OJ L 298, 14.11.2015, pp. 23-24)
Council Decision (EU) 2015/2071 of 10 November 2015 authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, of the International Labour Organisation as regards Articles 1 to 4 of the Protocol with regard to matters relating to judicial cooperation in criminal matters (OJ L 301, 18.11.2015, pp. 47-48)
RELATED ACTS
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930
last update 17.03.2016