forced labour

The Canadian government will introduce legislation next year to eradicate forced labour from Canadian supply chains, the Minister of Labour said Monday. Seamus O’Regan Jr. made the announcement to mark the United Nations annual World…

The world’s 20 richest countries are fuelling forced labour and account for over half the estimated 50 million people living in “modern slavery,” according to a report released Wednesday. The report by the Walk Free foundation, a…

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, 2022: The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is celebrated, each year, on December 2. The day is observed to remind us of the evils of enslavement, forced labour, child labour, and…

The U.N. labor agency estimates that some 50 million people worldwide were living in “modern slavery” — either in forced labor or marriage — at the end of last year, marking a 25 per cent jump from its previous report five years ago.…

<!-- -->The Covid-19 pandemic has heightened the risk, the report found. (Representational)Geneva, Switzerland: Fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labour or forced marriage, the UN said today, warning that…

The number of people forced to work or in a marriage against their will has surged in recent years to around 50 million on any given day, the U.N.’s International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday upon releasing its modern slavery…

GENEVA: Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, a report by an independent UN expert has concluded, in what it said could amount to "enslavement as a crime…

Ahead of a crucial ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) later this month, a draft text aimed at reducing global fisheries subsidies has diluted India's proposal to curb such sops. The latest draft made India's…