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Celebrating 10 years of progress

Fair Recruitment Initiative: Paving the way for decent work

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Fair Recruitment Initiative, the ILO has documented progress and lessons learned to identify key achievements, gaps, emerging challenges and future priorities.

Fair recruitment

Recruitment fees and related costs at a glance

This brochure presents key insights on global and regional data and trends on recruitment fees and related costs, including crucial information on measuring recruitment fees and related costs.

Fair recruitment

Global study on recruitment fees and related costs: Second edition

The second edition of the Global Study is a review of 110 countries across all five regions to document current regulatory approaches and experience on the recruitment fees and related costs. It assesses progress, challenges, and regulatory gaps and...

Fair recruitment

Executive Summary - Global study on recruitment fees and related costs: Second edition

This executive summary synthesizes the key finding of the second edition of the Global Study. It presents the trends concerning recruitment fees and related costs for countries, businesses, trade unions, and other recruitment stakeholders, as well...

Project

Summary results of the 8.7 Accelerator Lab Multi Partner Fund

This factsheet presents the findings of the Multi Partner Fund project, which aimed to improve the sustainability of mining and fishing communities through the implementation of sustained interventions to reform policies, enforce mechanisms and...

Discussion paper on the economics of forced labour

Acting against forced labour: An assessment of investment requirements and economic benefits

This discussion paper explores some of the key investment requirements towards ending forced labour and the economic returns to this investment for society. The paper fits within a broader programme of ILO research on the economics of forced labour...

Joining forces to end forced labour

Toolkit

Good work! Human rights and labor rights due diligence tools for the garment sector in Argentina

Report

Forced Labour in Argentina’s Garment Sector: Key Prevalence Survey Insights

This report presents estimates of the prevalence of forced labour in the garment sector of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. It aims to deliver critical information to aid in preventing labour exploitation and addressing issues related to decent...

Reporting forced labour in commercial fishing

Forced labour in commercial fishing

Fair recruitment

Fair recruitment Roadmap: A guide for national action

This roadmap is a practical step-by-step guide to assist national policy makers and recruitment stakeholders, including governments and social partners in effectively implementing fair recruitment at the national level.

Forced labour in Mongolia

The National Statistics Office of Mongolia, with support from the ILO, piloted a module on forced labour in the Mongolian Labour Force Survey 2022. The module, which was the first of its kind to be implemented in Mongolia, aimed to measure forced...

Assessing compliance of the Mongolian armed forces with ILO Conventions Nos. 29 and 105 on forced labour

Forced labour: A synthesis report

This report aims to analyse selected surveys and assess the experience and lessons learned through the piloting of forced labour questionnaires and sampling tools.

Working conditions in prisons in Mongolia: Results from qualitative research

Assessing compliance with ILO Conventions Nos. 29 and 105 on forced labour in Mongolia’s prisons

Survey on tenant growers in Malawi’s tobacco industry

This report presents the findings of the Malawi Tenancy Survey.

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - General observation, publication 2024

At its 2023 session (November–December), the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) adopted a general observation on the application of the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105). The text...

Nigeria Forced Labour Survey 2022

The main purpose of this survey is to improve information on forced labour through data collection and in-depth analysis.