Meeting of Experts on Forced Labour and Trafficking for Labour Exploitation

The purpose of the Meeting was to formulate recommendations to the Governing Body on the scope for possible standard setting to complement the ILO’s Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105).

A Tripartite Meeting of Experts was organized by the ILO on 11-15 February 2013, gathering experts nominated in consultation with Governments, Employers’ and Workers’ groups.

The purpose of the Meeting was to formulate recommendations to the Governing Body on the scope for possible standard setting to complement the ILO’s Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105).

The discussions addressed various issues, including prevention of forced labour, victim protection and compensation, as well as human trafficking for labour exploitation.

The Office prepared a detailed analysis of these topics for discussion at the Meeting.