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PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION OF RATHER FORCED OR OBLIGATORY LABOUR OF 1930

of June 11, 2014

General conference of the International Labour Organization,

called in Geneva by Administrative board of the International Labor Office and gathered for the 103rd session on May 28, 2014,

recognizing that the prohibition on forced or obligatory labor is part of all set of the fundamental rights and that forced or obligatory labor leads to human rights violation and violation of advantage of millions of women and men, girls and boys, promotes chronic preserving poverty and interferes with goal achievement of worthy work for the good of all;

recognizing the vital role which is played the Convention of 1930 on forced labor (No. 29) (hereinafter referred to as "Convention") and the Convention of 1957 on abolition of forced labor (No. 105) in fight against all forms of forced or obligatory labor and also that gaps from the point of view of their observance require implementation of additional measures;

reminding that the determination of forced or obligatory labor used in article 2 of the Convention covers forced or obligatory labor in all its forms and manifestations and is applicable to all people without any exceptions;

emphasizing urgent need of suppression of forced and obligatory labor for all its forms and manifestations;

reminding of the obligation of the organization members ratifying the Convention to make forced or obligatory labor punishable as criminal offense and to provide that the sanctions provided by the law had really adequate character and were strictly observed;

noting that the transition period provided in the Convention already expired and that provisions of Items 2 and 3 of Article 1 and Articles with 3 on 24 are not applicable any more;

recognizing that the context and forms of forced or obligatory labor undergo changes and that human trafficking for the purpose of forced or obligatory labor which can lead, including to sexual exploitation is subject of the increasing concern of the international community and requires immediate actions for its complete suppression;

noting that the increasing number of persons employed, occupied with forced or obligatory labor, is the share of private sector of economy that certain sectors of economy differ in special vulnerability and that some employee groups more others risk to become the victims of forced or obligatory labor, first of all migrants;

noting that efficient suppression of forced or obligatory labor in the long term promotes ensuring the fair competition between employers and the guaranteed protection of workers;

reminding of the relevant international labor standards, including, in particular, the Convention of 1948 concerning freedom of associations and protection of the right to the organization (No. 87), the Convention of 1949 concerning use of the principles of the right to the organization and the conclusion of collective agreements (No. 98), the Convention of 1951 of rather equal remuneration of men and women for work of equal value (No. 100), the Convention of 1958 concerning employment discrimination and occupations (No. 111), the Convention of 1973 on the minimum age for employment (No. 138), the Convention of 1999 on prohibition and immediate measures for eradication of the worst forms of child labor (No. 182), the Convention of 1949 on migrant workers (reviewed in 1949) (No. 97), the Convention of 1975 on abuses in the field of migration and about providing to migrant workers of equal opportunities and the address (No. 143), The convention of 2011 on worthy work of house workers (No. 189), the Convention of 1997 on private employment agencies (No. 181), the Convention of 1947 on inspection of work in the industry and trade (No. 81), the Convention of 1969 on inspection of work in agricultural industry (No. 129), and also the Declaration on the fundamental principles and the rights in the field of work (1998) and Declaration of the ILO on social justice for the purpose of fair globalization (2008);

noting other important international acts, in particular, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), the Convention on slavery (1926), the additional Convention on abolition of slavery, slave trade and the institutes and customs similar to slavery (1956), the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (2000), the Protocol of the United Nations on the prevention and suppression of human trafficking, especially women and children and punishment for it (2000), the Protocol against smuggling of migrants by land, to the sea and air (2000), the International convention about protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families (1990), the Convention against tortures and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (1984), Convention on liquidation of all forms of discrimination against women (1979) and Convention on the rights of disabled people (2006);

having decided to accept number of offers for the purpose of overcoming gaps from the point of view of observance of the Convention and confirming that measures of prevention, protection and legal remedy, such as compensation of damage and rehabilitation, are necessary for ensuring efficient suppression of forced or obligatory labor in the long term, according to the fourth item on the agenda of session;

having decided to give to these offers the form of the protocol to the Convention,

accepts this eleventh day of June, two thousand fourteenth the following protocol which can hereinafter be referred to as as the Protocol to the Convention of rather forced or obligatory labor of 1930.

Article 1

1. In pursuance of the obligations following from the Convention to put end to forced or obligatory labor each organization member takes effective measures on prevention and the termination of its use, provision to its victims of protection and access to due and effective remedies of legal protection, such as compensation of damage and sanction against the offenders resorting to forced or obligatory labor.

2. Each organization member develops national policy and action plans for the purpose of efficient suppression of forced or obligatory labor in the long term, resorting to consultations with the organizations of employers and workers that will demand systematic actions from competent authorities and, in case of need, coordination of efforts with the organizations of employers and workers, and also with other stakeholder groups.

3. Again the determination of forced or obligatory labor containing in Conventions, and, thus, the measures provided in the this Protocol proves to be true include specific actions on fight against human trafficking for the purpose of forced or obligatory labor.

Article 2

Measures which should be accepted for the purpose of prevention of forced or obligatory labor include:

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