Published on the Global Forum on Migration and Development Web Portal (https://www.gfmd.org)

Date Shared: 
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 15:45
Title: 

National Pact for the Elimination of Slave Labour in the Clothing Manufacturing Sector

Countries and areas: 
Brazil
Thematic Area: 
Civil society and the private sector, Rights of migrants, Strategies for addressing irregular migration and enabling regular migration
Tags: 
Trafficking in Persons, Trafficking and Human Smuggling, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants
Summary: 

The National Pact for the Elimination of Slave Labour was signed in 2005 by 100 different entities, with private companies, economic groups and 11 business entities (in 2010 there were already 130 signataries).

The Pact envisages the introduction of tools that will be used for the business sector and society to prevent the use of slave labour in the productive chain.

GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2010 - Roundtable 1.2 "Joint Strategies to address irregular migration"

GFMD 2009 - Roundtable 2.1 "Inclusion, protection and acceptance of migrants in society—linking human rights and migrant empowerment for development."

M&D Practices Shared within the GFMD context by Steering Group Members (2007 - 2011)

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Source (retrieved on 04/13/2026 - 03:14): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/178