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"ILO: Convention No 105 (1957) Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (entry into force 1959)" [2005] ELECD 251; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 28

Section Title: ILO: Convention No 105 (1957) Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (entry into force 1959)

Number of pages: 1

Extract:

28. ILO: Convention No 105 (1957) Concerning
the Abolition of Forced Labour (entry into
force 1959)

Commentary: Although the two forced labour conventions are among the most
highly ratified conventions, the Committee of Experts on the Application of
Conventions and Recommendations continues to observe instances of the practice.
For ILO perspectives, see ILO (1968), `Summary of Reports on Unratified
Conventions and Recommendations (Article 19 of the Constitution): Forced Labour',
Geneva and ILO (2001), `Stopping Forced Labour: Global Report under the Follow-
up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work', Report of
the Director-General, Geneva. For a case study, see Solla P. (1998), `Supervising
labour standards and human rights: the case of forced labour in Myanmar (Burma)',
International Labour Review, 137, 391­409. On the question of compensation, see
Fassbender B. (2005), `Compensation for forced labour in World War II: the German
Compensation Law of 2 August 2000', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 3,
243­52.



Article 1
Each Member of the ILO which ratifies this Convention undertakes to suppress and not to
make use of any form of forced or compulsory labour:

(a) as a means of political coercion or education or as a punishment for holding or express-
ing political views or views ideologically opposed to the established political, social or
economic system;
(b) as a method of mobilising and using labour for purposes of economic development;
(c) as a means of labour discipline;
(d) as a punishment for having participated in strikes;
(e) ...