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ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Part I. Understanding and measuring forced labour today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51. <strong>Forced</strong> labour: Definitions and concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Defining characteristics of forced labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<strong>Forced</strong> labour and trafficking in legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<strong>Forced</strong> labour and slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7National terminology referring to forced labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8A universal concept with national variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Traditional and newer patterns of forced labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92. A minimum estimate of forced labour in the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Typology of forced labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Measuring forced labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11A global estimate of forced labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Main forms of forced labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Regional distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Trafficking in persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<strong>Forced</strong> labourers by sex and age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Part II. A dynamic global picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171. Key global trends and developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172. Combating impunity: The law and its enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<strong>Global</strong> and regional developments: Rising awareness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19National experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203. <strong>Forced</strong> labour and the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<strong>Forced</strong> labour imposed by the State: General considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25The special case of Myanmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<strong>Forced</strong> labour in prisons and detention centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274. Poverty, discrimination and forced labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Bonded labour in South Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Latin America: Focus on debt bondage and indigenous peoples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Africa: <strong>Forced</strong> labour in a context of poverty and tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42v

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