Nuevas estimaciones mundiales muestran un aumento significativo de la esclavitud moderna

Según el reciente informe de la OIT, Walk Free y la OIM, el trabajo forzoso y el matrimonio forzoso han aumentado en los últimos cinco años (en inglés).

The International Labour Organization (ILO)-Walk Free and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) just published a new report: Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage for 2021. These extensive new estimates follow the previous 2016 estimates released in 2017.

As in 2016, the 2021 global estimates are derived from multiple data sources, as no single source was sufficiently reliable. The principal sources are data from nationally representative household surveys - 68 forced labour surveys and 75 forced marriage surveys. The global estimates do not provide regional, national, or sectoral breakdowns of forced labour due to the non-availability of national estimates.

Please find the report available in English, French and Spanish here.

Some of the major findings include:

• Forced labour and forced marriage have increased significantly in the last five years. Ten million more people were in modern slavery in 2021 compared to 2016 global estimates. Women and children remain disproportionately vulnerable.

• Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021. Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour, and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage.

• Modern slavery occurs in almost every country worldwide and cuts across ethnic, cultural and religious lines. More than half (52 per cent) of all forced labour and a quarter of all forced marriages can be found in upper-middle-income or high-income countries.

• Most cases of forced labour (86 per cent) are found in the private sector, and State-imposed forced labour accounts for 14 per cent of people in forced labour.

• Migrant workers are more than three times more likely to be in forced labour than non-migrant adult workers.

• The report also proposes several recommended actions and policy priorities for addressing forced labour and forced marriage leading up to the 2030 target date for ending modern slavery.

To discuss this report and the most recent developments on business and human rights, please register here for the next meeting of the IOE Policy Working Group on Business and Human Rights taking place online on 27 September 2022 from 14:30-15:30 (CEST).

Please do not hesitate to contact Matthias Thorns (thorns(at)ioe-emp.com) or Jason Pegat-Toquet (pegat-toquet(at)ioe-emp.com) if you have any questions.