Name of Resource | The National Pact To Eradicate Slave Labor |
Type | Policy, Platform for co-operation, Monitoring / Enforcement mechanism |
Country / jurisdiction | Brazil |
Organization | International Labour Organization, Instituto Ethos and Observatorio Social and Reporter Brasil. Currently led by InPACTO—the Institute for the National Pact to Eradicate Slave Labour |
Date of signature | 19 May 2005 |
Description | Based on the National Pact for the Eradication of Slave Labour, major companies not only commit to prevention and eradication of forced labour within their own organizations and their supply chains, but also agree to be monitored. The National Pact is a voluntary commitment undertaken by some 200 enterprises with the aim of dignifying and modernizing labour relations in production chains. The National Pact has placed efforts to dignify, formalize and modernize labour relations in all economic sectors on the agenda of entrepreneurs and Brazilian society as a whole. The signatory companies represent 20 percent of Brazil’s gross domestic product, and some of the following commitments are included in the pact: to define specific objectives for the regularization of labour relations in these production chains; to define commercial restrictions on enterprises and individuals identified in the production chain as using degrading working conditions associated with the practices that characterize slavery; to support social reintegration and production measures for workers still in degrading or inhuman labour relations; to support measures providing information to workers vulnerable to enticement into slave labour, together with publicity campaigns to prevent slavery. |
Availability | ENG: http://reporterbrasil.org.br/documentos/national_agreement.pdf |