FORCED LABOUR-ASIA: Irish Aid-ILO Partnership Programme, Phase II, 2014-15

The overall goal of this strategy is a sustained reduction in the number of victims of forced labour. Most of the 21 million women, men and children in forced labour are exploited in the informal economy or through informal employment arrangements. More than half have migrated within their country or across borders. Children account for about 25 per cent of all victims of forced labour. In 2014–15, the strategy will focus on reducing the number of people in unacceptable forms of work by: • strengthening national capacity to enforce compliance with laws against forced labour and human trafficking and to promote complementary approaches to criminal and labour justice; and • promoting decent recruitment and employment practices in the context of migration and across global value chains. This strategy is grounded in the effective application and ratification of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105), and includes follow-up to the comments and conclusions of the ILO supervisory bodies. The strategy will contribute to the follow-up to the 2012 Conference resolution concerning the recurrent discussion on fundamental principles and rights at work. It also takes into account the resolution and conclusions resulting from the 2011 Conference general discussion on labour administration and labour inspection, as well as the non-binding ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration.

Project symbol

RAS/13/64/IRL

Admin unit

DWT-Bangkok

Start date

01/01/2014

End date

31/03/2016

Total allocation

963539

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

901238

Development Partners

Ireland, Irish Aid

Country/Countries

Asia and the Pacific - regional
Global

Outcomes

Advocacy for decent work
Protection of workers from unacceptable forms of work