{"id":39,"date":"2014-11-23T13:29:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T13:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfasia.org\/stepitup\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2015-07-18T16:39:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T08:39:34","slug":"forced-labor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/?page_id=39","title":{"rendered":"Forced labour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Migrant workers are particularly vulnerable to forced labour, especially those who are undocumented. Forced labour refers to situations in which persons are coerced to work through the use of violence or intimidation, or by more subtle means such as accumulated debt, retention of identity papers or threats of denunciation to immigration authorities. \u00a0Human trafficking can also be regarded as forced labour. \u00a0 Forced labour is different from sub-standard or exploitative working conditions. \u00a0Various indicators can be used to ascertain when a situation amounts to forced labour, such as restrictions on workers&#8217; freedom of movement, withholding of wages or identity documents, physical or sexual violence, threats and intimidation or fraudulent debt from which workers cannot escape. \u00a0Forced labour can result from internal or cross-border movement which renders some workers particularly vulnerable to deceptive recruitment and coercive labour practices. \u00a0The ILO estimates that almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour at any point in time. \u00a0Twenty-nine percent of the victims ended up in forced labour after having moved across international borders, the majority of those being forced sex workers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-324 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cmw25.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-16-at-4.20.10-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-16 at 4.20.10 PM\" width=\"555\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfasia.org\/cmw25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-16-at-4.20.10-PM.png 555w, https:\/\/mfasia.org\/cmw25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-16-at-4.20.10-PM-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two recent publications of the ILO are good sources of information about forced labour:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/wcmsp5\/groups\/public\/---ed_norm\/---relconf\/documents\/meetingdocument\/wcms_217752.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Strengthening action\u00a0to end forced labour (2013)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/topics\/forced-labour\/publications\/WCMS_181953\/lang--en\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Summary of the ILO 2012 Global Estimate of Forced Labour (2012)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following video explains the significance of the newly adopted Forced Labour Protocol<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OYEhHtRUPFg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h1><strong>Recent posts in this section<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"add_posts\"><ul><div class=\"add_posts_content\" style=\"clear:both;\"><h2 class=\"title\" style=\"clear: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/?p=836\">Documents from the Committee on Migrant Workers' General Discussion marking the 25th Anniversary of CMW<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-content\" style=\"clear:both\";><p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmw25.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-837\" src=\"http:\/\/cmw25.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfasia.org\/cmw25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mfasia.org\/cmw25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mfasia.org\/cmw25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-440x294.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last 8 September 2015, the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (the Committee) organized a half-day general discussion to mark the 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.\u00a0 The general discussion was a public meeting in which representatives of States, United Nations bodies and specialised agencies, civil society and other relevant organisations as well as individual experts are welcome to participate.<\/p>\n<p>The panel discussion focused on the multiple human rights abuses faced by migrant workers, and challenges for States on how to best address these issues in the context of migrant workers in the Gulf, undocumented children in the Americas, and irregular migration flows in the Mediterranean. Each of these discussions underlined the importance of an agreed international human rights framework, including stepping up ratifications of the Convention. This discussion also included perspectives, including best practices, by States parties and non-States parties on how to address migration-related issues and the role of the Convention in this regard.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/?p=836\" class=\"readmore\">Click here for the full post<\/a><\/div><hr style=\"margin:10px 0\"><\/div><div class=\"add_posts_content\" style=\"clear:both;\"><h2 class=\"title\" style=\"clear: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/?p=821\">Invitation for Panel Event: Protecting the Liberty of Migrant Children & Families<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-content\" style=\"clear:both\";><p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmw25.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Visions-from-the-Inside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-822\" src=\"http:\/\/cmw25.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Visions-from-the-Inside.jpg\" alt=\"Visions from the Inside\" width=\"493\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfasia.org\/cmw25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Visions-from-the-Inside.jpg 493w, https:\/\/mfasia.org\/cmw25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Visions-from-the-Inside-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/mfasia.org\/cmw25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Visions-from-the-Inside-440x445.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>When: September 30, 2015 6:00pm \u2013 8:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: <em>2nd Floor, 777 UN Plaza, at First Avenue and E. 44th St. New York<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every day, all around the world, migrant children and their families are detained simply because they lack the proper documents. These children and families often undertake perilous journeys and are met with xenophobia, violence and\u2014increasingly\u2014with detention despite having committed no crime and without being a threat to others.<\/p>\n<p>There is now overwhelmingly clear guidance from the United Nations system that the immigration detention of children is a violation of rights to liberty and family life. Non-custodial, community-based alternatives to detention (ATD) are increasingly being implemented in a variety of country contexts. These ATD fulfill the best interests of the child and allow children to remain with their family members and\/or guardians, respecting the fundamental right to liberty, while their immigration status is being resolved.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/?p=821\" class=\"readmore\">Click here for the full post<\/a><\/div><hr style=\"margin:10px 0\"><\/div><div class=\"add_posts_content\" style=\"clear:both;\"><h2 class=\"title\" style=\"clear: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/?p=75\">Lured by a job, trapped in forced labor<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-content\" style=\"clear:both\";><p>Published by the ILO, 11 February 2014<\/p>\n<p>In search of a job to support his family, a man accepts an offer from a recruiter and signs a contract for what looks like a good job with decent wages. Once at destination, the reality is very different.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/cmw25.mfasia.org\/?p=75\" class=\"readmore\">Click here for the full post<\/a><\/div><hr style=\"margin:10px 0\"><\/div><\/ul><\/div><div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Migrant workers are particularly vulnerable to forced labour, especially those who are undocumented. 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