Tricked and Trapped: Human Trafficking in the Middle East, ‎pdf 4.1 MB

The General Survey further underscored the link between human trafficking
for labour and sexual exploitation by stating that:
While a certain distinction has been drawn in the above definition between
trafficking for forced labour or services and trafficking for sexual exploitation, this
should not lead to a conclusion that coercive sexual exploitation does not amount
to forced labour or services, particularly in the context of human trafficking. It
seems clear that coercive sexual exploitation and forced prostitution do come within
the scope of the definition of forced or compulsory labour in Article 2, paragraph 1,
of the Convention. 10
It should also be noted that the ILO recognizes that all workers deserve legal
protection from abuse and exploitation, regardless of the legality of the work
they perform under the law of the state where it is performed, whether it
takes place in the formal or informal economy, or whether the worker has an
established right to work in the country concerned.
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ILO CEACR: Eradication of forced labour, p. 42.
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