Fox Gai
Forced labour and trafficking in persons persist in the fishing industry globally. This course provided guidance and tools to detect forced labour situations in industrial fishing activities, including distant water fishing.
OBJECTIVES
Understand the ILO legal instruments for work in fishing and for eliminating forced labour.
Know the indicators the ILO has developed for identifying forced labour situations.
Know resources and tools to assess situations where risks of forced labour are highest in the commercial fishing industry, to conduct inspections, and to follow-up when indicators of forced labour are found.
Gain capacity to detect forced labour situations on board fishing vessels.
CONTENT
The international framework for work in fishing and for eliminating forced labour: ILO relevant instruments and forced labour indicators.
How to effectively detect forced labour in fishing, using a “strategic compliance” approach: risk assessment; vessel inspections, from reviews of vessel documentation to inspection of working and living conditions on board fishing vessels, including interviews with fishers and other actors; follow-up investigation, investigation, referral and enforcement action of suspected forced labour cases.
The international framework for work in fishing and for eliminating forced labour: ILO relevant instruments and forced labour indicators.
How to effectively detect forced labour in fishing, using a “strategic compliance” approach: risk assessment; vessel inspections, from reviews of vessel documentation to inspection of working and living conditions on board fishing vessels, including interviews with fishers and other actors; follow-up investigation, investigation, referral and enforcement action of suspected forced labour cases.
NUMBER OF HOURS: Approximately 12 hours of self-study (4 hours per week).