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Combating forced labour in Brazil - Final Evaluation
- eval_number:
- 993
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/993
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Forced labour
- category:
- Child labour, forced labour, human trafficking and slavery
- comments:
- N/A
- challenges:
- N/A
- success:
- N/A
- context:
- N/A
- description:
- It is difficult to undertake a project that is using a label different from that of the ILO conventions terminology. By accepting the widespread national practice of coining FL as 'slave labour', the ILO has contributed to polarizing the opponents and proponents around the existence of FL practices in Brazil. In concrete terms, the use of Slave Labour may have limited the ILO's ability to engage the employers organizations, while it may initially have helped its position as regards to the government and the workers' unions. Nonetheless it should be preferable for the ILO to systematically stick to its convention terminology, less it is placed in a difficult position - considering the number of different terms used worldwide to describe different forms of FL: 'bonded labour', 'slave labour', 'indecent labour', etc.
- administrative_issues:
- N/A
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/163064
- location:
- country:
- Brazil
- region:
- Americas
- eval_title:
- Combating forced labour in Brazil - Final Evaluation
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