Toggle navigation Walk Free AboutLearnMultimediaContact Us Help modernise outdated international laws to end forced labour 33,08833088 of 40000Help us reach 40KGoal Call on the government of Romania to update international slavery protections for the 21st century SubjectC29: Vote for a ProtocolMessage||CONTACT_DATA getSalutation|| In recent decades, forced labour has risen to an alarming level, more than ever before in history. The presence of forced labour in the 21st century is morally unacceptable and shames us all. According to the ILO, forced labour and services generate a minimum of 44 billion USD in illicit global annual profits, disrupting economies and challenging the rule of law everywhere. ||CONTACT_DATA getRegion|| is not an exception. New forms of forced labour, including human trafficking, require updating existing international regulations. International law on the matter is over eighty years old. Unlike in the 1930s, contemporary forced labour is mainly found in the private sector, in households and local and multinational companies. While the global labour market is rapidly developing and changing its nature, governments need better tools to detect and prevent contemporary forced labour, protect workers and effectively compensate victims. After years of campaigning, the ILO Governing Body has finally decided to place a standard-setting item entitled Supplementing the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (N° 29)... on the agenda of the 103rd Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), with a view to the adoption of a Protocol and/or Recommendation, developed by international legal experts on the basis of information from ILOs tripartite constituents. The ILC will take place in Geneva between May, 28th and June, 12th this year. The stakes are high. ILO member states will be able to discuss and adopt a Protocol, or a Recommendation, or both a Protocol and a Recommendation. However, only a Protocol would be an international treaty - linked to a Convention and subject to ratification - which can partially revise or supplement ILO Convention N° 29. Only a Protocol would allow adapting Convention N° 29 to changing conditions on contemporary labour markets, making it more relevant, effective and up to date. When adopted, the new Protocol and Recommendation will significantly increase global policy coherence and thus facilitate the urgent action needed between and within countries to detect and prevent forced labour, protect workers, compensate victims and punish exploiters around the globe. In response to the ILO questionnaire, half of the ILO Members States have already expressed their support for the Protocol and Recommendation. Every additional country’s support is crucial. As a citizen of ||CONTACT_DATA getCity||, committed to social justice and human rights, I, [First name], ask you to: - foster the inescapable need for a strong Protocol to the ILO Forced Labour Convention N° 29, supplemented by a Recommendation, within our national government, and - ensure that our countrys representatives at the ILC vote in favour of a strong Protocol to the ILO Forced Labour Convention N° 29, supplemented by a Recommendation, as two, inseparable, new tools at the upcoming ILC. This is a historic and unique opportunity to demonstrate your leadership to strengthen global action to stop forced labour. I hope I can count on you to make forced labour history. Yours sincerely,[First name] Romania (Your name and contact details will be added here.) 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WalkFree.org will protect your privacy and keep you up to date on this and other campaigns. Thank You For Taking ActionNow help us spread the word – modern slavery needs modern laws – tell your friends to take action to update international forced labour protections for the 21st century. Share Tweet +1 Email Modern Slavery needs Modern Laws - Ive just taken action to update international forced labour protections for the 21st century. Will you? bit.ly/1mwXqet 84 years ago Charlie Chaplin was at the height of his career, 84 years ago the very notion of a computer or instant coffee was pure science fiction. 84 years ago forced labour was still legal in at least 20 countries1 and an international law2 was established to end this horrific practice. But the world has changed since then. Now 84 years later, we finally have a chance to update this law to protect against today’s forced labour. The International Labour Organisation has just released two options3 to update this law, but only one will work. In just a few weeks every country will have a choice between weak, unenforceable guidelines and a strong new law. Call on the Government of Romania to vote for strong protections from modern slavery. We don’t know how each country will vote, but we do know that together we can help influence meaningful change. Our movement has already won battles for new anti-slavery laws, and we must do it again. With 29.8 million4 people trapped in modern slavery across the world the need for strong international standards has never been greater. Ask the Government of Romania to: • Foster the inescapable need for a strong Protocol to the International Labour Organisation’s Forced Labour Convention N° 29, supplemented by a Recommendation, within our national government, and • Ensure that our country’s representatives at the International Labour Conference vote in favour of a strong Protocol to the International Labour Organisation’s Forced Labour Convention N° 29, supplemented by a Recommendation, as two, inseparable, new tools at the upcoming ILC. Campaign in partnership with Amnesty International and the International Trade Union Confederation.
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