This Occasional Paper presents an analysis of labour trafficking in agriculture, which, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO), employs over one billion people around the world. Agriculture is the second largest employment sector, especially for women and youth. This thorough analysis of the current challenges within the agricultural sector aims to assist participating States, policymakers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to identify the structural issues and deficits of this sector that cause or exacerbate worker’s vulnerability, in order to better address them in a systemic way. It sheds light on a sector in which workers are commonly exploited, but are often out of sight.
This report from 2005 researches the weaknesses of social auditing. Social audits to check working conditions in production facilities emerged in the mid-1990s after a number of high profile companies were widely scrutinized for substandard working ...Read More
In 2012, the Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime Union - the socalled Victims' Rights Directive -, that create...Read More
A sector-specific case example ‘The Swedish County Councils’ in-depth review of the human rights policies and due diligence of its IT contractor, Atea, and subcontractor, Dell, to respect workers’ rights has helped increase both companies’ ca...Read More
This booklet is one in a set of three booklets that aims at educating stakeholders about the problem of child labour, the national policies, legislation and strategies and the specific hazards of engagement of children in tobacco farming. Readers ...Read More
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