Date of publication 12 November 2019
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About the reportAcheiving commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end child labour, forced labour and human trafficking requires that governments, business, the financial sector and civil society take strong action to address the root causes and determinants of these human rights violations. While global supply chains have the potential to generate growth, employment, skill development and technological transfer, they have also been linked to human rights violations and abuses.
Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains presents research findings and recommendations on child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains. Jointly authored by the ILO, OECD, IOM and UNICEF under the aegis of Alliance 8.7, the report also represents the first ever attempt to measure these human rights abuses and violations on a large scale. It is divided into two parts:
A preliminary version of the report was presented at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' Meeting in Matsuyama, Japan, on 1-2 September 2019.
Watch OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría disccuss the report during the Paris Peace Forum. Cristina Tebar-Less, Acting Head of the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, launches the report during the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights along with the International Labor Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNICEF duirng the panel session "Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains: New evidence and policy options".
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