Wherever they occur, forced labour and trafficking are a brake on social and economic development and a violation of basic human rights.

The ILO, in the context of its broad mandate to promote social justice and decent work, has the competence to combat forced labour. It deals with forced labour through Conventions Nos. 29 and 105, while it deals with trafficking in persons through its ILS on migrant workers, discrimination at work and the worst forms of child labour.

From 2005 the ITC-ILO, in close cooperation with the Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour (SAP-FL) in Geneva, has a new Project on Forced Labour and Trafficking (together with Child Labour). Through capacity-building activities, the Project contributes to developing and disseminating ILO's knowledge and practical experience in these fields.

The Project not only organizes training activities, but also develops training materials to assist government officials, employers' organizations, workers' organizations and civil society in the fight to eliminate forced labour and trafficking.

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