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 My name is Jonas. I am 46 years old and come from a small town in Lithuania near the border with Poland. Work is hard to find in my country and it’s poorly paid when you get it. I was in

This April marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of RecruitmentAdvisor.org, an online platform supported by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and hosted by independent trade (...)

Whether it’s human trafficking for online scams in Cambodia or the forced labour of the Uyghur population for garment production in the Xinjiang region of China, modern slavery continues globally. Data from the International Labour Organization (ILO), published in September, shows it’s getting worse. More robust legislative measures could help, experts say.

The absence of such a law leaves domestic workers vulnerable and exposes them to abuse and exploitation

This session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council reviewed 13 States: Suriname, Greece, Samoa, Saint Vincent and the

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon welcomes conclusions of the 39th Universal Periodic Review.

Monitoring and Evaluation Consultancy about Protection and Human Rights, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from ILO; closing on 26 May 2021

Monday, 17 May 2021, 5:15 am By Padma Kumari Tamata Formerly in bonded labour, Padma Kumari Tamata is now a farmer, and grows and sells her own vegetables in the Kanchanpur district of Nepal. My name is Padma and I come from Vashi, a small hamlet in Nepal’s far-west Kanchanpur district. All my family was working on a farm as bonded labourers. People call us Haliyas . We were working for the landlord to pay off our debt. This debt came from my parents or maybe my grandparents, I don’t know....

Disproportionate effects of Covid-19 on Women It was noted by the ILO in late February that the data was abundantly clear that the COVID-19 pandemic had had a disproportionately negative impact on women. It was further noted that, “because more women work in the tourism, retail, and informal sectors, which have been hardest hit by the pandemic, their livelihoods have been upended. Understanding the extent of this impact is the first step in reversing course. Yet the pandemic has also exposed ...

3 February 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a ‘peer review’ process that reviews the human rights record of every UN member state once every 4 years. It is a unique tool of the Human Rights Council, aimed at sharing best practice. As a strong supporter of the UPR process, we have participated and raised priority human rights concerns in all reviews since the process began in 2006. This session reviewed 14 states: Australi...