Forced labor

Forced labor includes all forms of slavery and related practices including debt slavery, serfdom, human trafficking and labor camps. It is any work or service a person is forced to do against their will.[1] It usually includes a threat of some form of punishment.[1]

Definition


The International Labour Organization had defined forced labor as:

all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.[2]

This was in the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29). There were exceptions to this definition. These things were not considered forced labor: working in a military organization; doing community service when the work serves the community; or working while serving a prison sentence.[2]

Convict labor

Convict labor must be supervised by public officials. The convention does not allow convicts to be supervised by private individuals, companies, or organizations.[2]

Today

There are over 29 million people living as slaves today.[3] An estimated 60,000 of them live in the United States.[3] This includes sex workers, illegal immigrants and those held in debt bondage.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "FORCED LABOUR". Anti-Slavery International. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "International Labour Standards on Forced labour". International Labour Organization (ILO). Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 Max Fisher (17 October 2013). "This map shows where the world's 30 million slaves live. There are 60,000 in the U.S." The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "What is Modern Slavery?". United States Department of State. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
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