Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Peru (Ratification: 1960)
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 - Peru (Ratification: 2021)

Referring to its observation, the Committee asks the Government to provide, in addition to information on the implementation of the National Plan to Combat Forced Labour (PNLCTF-II), more specific information on the following points.

Article 1(1) and 2(1) of the Convention. 1. Domestic work in conditions of forced labour. In reply to the Committee’s request concerning the measures taken to provide greater protection for women domestic workers from practices amounting to forced labour, the Government states that the Bill to amend the Act on Women Domestic Workers, which aims to strengthen the rights of these workers, is in the process of being adopted. Furthermore, the General Directorate of Fundamental Rights and Occupational Safety and Health, under the Ministry of Labour, has considered it necessary to draw up an action plan for the domestic work sector to help improve working conditions, particularly by carrying out activities to ensure greater respect for labour legislation. This plan, which is being drafted with the trade union organizations in the sector, should be adopted in the near future; some of the actions planned have already been implemented. The Committee hopes that the Bill to amend the Act on Women Domestic Workers, as well as the action plan for the domestic work sector, will be adopted in the near future. The Government is also asked to indicate the specific measures taken to strengthen monitoring in this sector to protect this category of workers from practices amounting to forced labour, provide them with the necessary assistance in order to enable them to assert their rights and report any abuse to the competent authorities.

2. Trafficking in persons. The Committee previously noted that the measures taken by the Government to combat trafficking in persons bears witness to its commitment to combating this scourge, and it encouraged it to pursue these efforts. In its latest report, the Government refers to various activities to strengthen the capacities of the police, as well as to the setting up of multisectoral networks at the national, regional and local levels with a view to developing local public policies to combat trafficking in persons. It also points out that a proposal to amend Act No. 28950 to combat trafficking in persons and the illegal smuggling of migrants is being examined to make it easier for the prosecuting and legal authorities to understand and use, thereby ensuring that offenders are penalized. In this respect, the Government states that the number of complaints lodged with the public prosecutor for trafficking in persons in 2012 concerned 754 victims, of which 626 were women, and that the majority were victims of trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation.

The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the activities carried out to combat trafficking in persons, particularly on:

• -the proposal to amend Act No. 28950 to combat trafficking in persons and the illegal smuggling of migrants;
• -the awareness-raising and training activities of public bodies that are involved in efforts to combat trafficking in persons;
• -the manner in which the assistance to and protection of victims is guaranteed;
• -the activities conducted and coordinated by the Standing Multisectoral Working Group against Trafficking in Persons (GTMPTP) and the division to combat trafficking in persons established in the national police force’s Criminal Investigation Directorate;
• -the legal proceedings initiated and the penalties handed down on the basis of sections 153 and 153A of the Penal Code.