Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Jamaica (Ratification: 1962)
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 - Jamaica (Ratification: 2017)

Articles 1(1), 2(1) and 25 of the Convention. Trafficking in persons. The Committee has noted the adoption of the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007, which was enacted with a view to implementing the provisions of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, which was signed by the Government in 2002.

The Committee would appreciate it if the Government would provide, in its next report, information on the application of the 2007 Act in practice, including the information on the legal proceedings which have been instituted under the Act and indicating the penalties imposed. Please also supply information on any other measures taken or envisaged to combat trafficking in persons for the purpose of exploitation, such as, for example, the information on the activities of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons, and supply copies of the relevant reports, studies and other documents, including a copy of the National Plan of Action against trafficking and any available statistics.