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ILO lauds Vietnam’s move to tackle forced labour
ILO lauds Vietnam’s move to tackle forced labour
10/6/20
The International
Labour Organisation (ILO) has sent its congratulations to Vietnam after the
14th National
Assembly (NA) adopted
a resolution ratifying the country’s membership of the Convention on the
Abolition of Forced Labour (Convention 105), with 94.82 percent of delegates
voting in favour at the ongoing ninth session on June 8.
The move brings the number of ILO conventions Vietnam has adopted to seven out of eight.
Director of the ILO’s International Labour Standards Department Corinne Vargha said “Through this ratification, Vietnam is demonstrating its firm commitment to combating forced labour in all its forms. This ratification is all the more important since the ILO’s global estimates show the urgency of adopting immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour.”
Moreover, by ratifying the Convention 105, Vietnam is moving ahead towards the achievement of decent work and the delivering at the country-level of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG target 8.7, Vargha said.
Country Director of the ILO in Vietnam Chang-hee Lee said the Vietnamese Government and social partners have been exerting consistent efforts in bettering its legal framework to pave the way for Vietnam to move towards an upper-middle income nation in a sustainable manner.
Estimates from the ILO show that out of the 24.9 million people trapped in forced labour, 16 million are exploited in the private sector, such as domestic work, construction, and agriculture; 4.8 million are in forced sexual exploitation; and 4 million are in forced labour imposed by state authorities.
Forced labour in the private economy generates 150 billion USD in illegal profits each year.
The Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour was adopted by the ILO in Geneva on June 25, 1957. It is one of two ILO conventions against forced labour, along with Convention 29, to which Vietnam joined in 2007./.
The move brings the number of ILO conventions Vietnam has adopted to seven out of eight.
Director of the ILO’s International Labour Standards Department Corinne Vargha said “Through this ratification, Vietnam is demonstrating its firm commitment to combating forced labour in all its forms. This ratification is all the more important since the ILO’s global estimates show the urgency of adopting immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour.”
Moreover, by ratifying the Convention 105, Vietnam is moving ahead towards the achievement of decent work and the delivering at the country-level of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG target 8.7, Vargha said.
Country Director of the ILO in Vietnam Chang-hee Lee said the Vietnamese Government and social partners have been exerting consistent efforts in bettering its legal framework to pave the way for Vietnam to move towards an upper-middle income nation in a sustainable manner.
Estimates from the ILO show that out of the 24.9 million people trapped in forced labour, 16 million are exploited in the private sector, such as domestic work, construction, and agriculture; 4.8 million are in forced sexual exploitation; and 4 million are in forced labour imposed by state authorities.
Forced labour in the private economy generates 150 billion USD in illegal profits each year.
The Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour was adopted by the ILO in Geneva on June 25, 1957. It is one of two ILO conventions against forced labour, along with Convention 29, to which Vietnam joined in 2007./.
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All comments [ 11 ]
Adopted by the ILO on June 25, 1957, Convention 105 is one of the two ILO conventions against forced labour, along with Convention 29 which Vietnam joined in 2007.
With 10 chapters, it prescribes fundamental international regulations on the abolition of forced labour and ensuring labourers’ right to free choice of profession and employment.
This is one of the human rights and basic rights of citizens stipulated in the 2013 Constitution. Adding that the abolition of forced labour is not only the basic standard set by the ILO but also the universal human rights standard mentioned in the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
The abolition of forced labour will help to build harmonious labour relations, thus contributing to spurring socio-economic development, while making it easier for Vietnamese firms to access the global market, especially the US and Europe
Vietnam’s joining the convention manifests its political commitments to seriously fulfilling ILO membership obligations and other commitments in new-generation free trade agreements.
Vietnam’s membership of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention 105 suits the country’s process of refining its market economy mechanisms and realises the Party and State’s consistent policy of ensuring human rights amid global integration.
As the country is building a law-governed socialist state, membership is both necessary and significant.
The Convention will bring many benefits to businesses and workers, promote harmonious and progressive ties between employers and employees, and provide a legal corridor to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers in line with Vietnamese laws and international practice.
Vietnam’s entry to the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (Convention 105) is essential and significant in political, socio-economic, and legal aspects as the country steps up its international integration and industrialisation and modernisation.
Having no forced labour would help Vietnamese businesses easily gain access to foreign markets, especially the US and Europe, to export goods and services.
To implement Convention 105’s commitments effectively, some suggested the Government issue guidance on forms of forced labour to create a transparent legal framework that aids the early detection of forced labour.
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