Ending Child Labour, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains
2019
This report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and collaborators is the first effort to measure human rights abuses and violations in global supply chains. This publication is part of the broader Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking—focusing both on understanding and responding to these labor issues within global supply chains. Based on latest global assessment, 152 million children are in child labor and 25 million adults and children are in forced labor, including in global supply chains. The report emphasizes that though global supply chains can nurture employment, skill development, and technological transfer, global gaps in decent work and human rights violations necessitate that governments, business, and civil society must act to address these abuses.
This publication is part of Alliance 8.7, the global partnership committed to eradicating forced labor, modern slavery, human trafficking, and child labor by 2025, in accordance with Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Ending Child Labour, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains
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Ending Child Labour, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains. International Labour Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund 2019. https://www.ilo.org/ipec/Informationresources/WCMS_716930/lang--en/index.htm.