Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Ratification: 1957)

Articles 1(1), 2(1) and 25 of the Convention. Trafficking in persons. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that a Committee on Combating Human Trafficking was established comprising representatives from the concerned ministries and executive departments and that it was seeking to launch a database on statistics of the victims and sentences issued for convicted traffickers. The Government further indicated that the Law on Combating Human Trafficking of 2004 was under review with the collaboration of the relevant departments.

The Committee notes the Government’s information that the draft amendments to the Law on Combating Human Trafficking of 2004 have been completed and will be presented to the Council of Ministers and to the Parliament for approval. The Government also indicates that so far no database on cases of trafficking of persons has been launched due to lack of integrated and coherent cooperation among concerned countries. The Committee also notes the information provided by the Government on the measures taken to combat trafficking in persons. This includes identification of border gaps and allocation of the required budget to cover border gaps and closure and control of borders with priority on southeast and northwest regions, and intensification of control measures at the borders and making transit routes more risky for human trafficking networks and gangs. Moreover, provincial committees have been specifically reinforced on transit routes and required notifications are provided in order to monitor and fight trafficking in persons. The Committee further notes the Government’s information that issues on human trafficking, prosecuted by the Interpol are registered and followed in the relevant system and that no cases of trafficking for forced labour or sexual exploitation have been observed. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the measures taken to prevent, suppress and combat trafficking in persons, including by the Committee on Combating Human Trafficking, and the results achieved in this respect. It also requests the Government to provide information on the number of prosecutions initiated in cases of trafficking in persons, both for sexual and labour exploitation, and the penalties imposed. The Committee finally requests the Government to provide a copy of the amendments to the Law on Combating Human Trafficking of 2004, once adopted.