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. It usually includes a threat of some form of punishment.

 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. 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.

 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.

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

 Related pages 

 Convict lease
 Human trafficking
 Human trafficking in the United States
 Slavery

 References 

Category:Labor
Category:Human rights abuses