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FORCED LABOR [5 records]

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Record 1 2011-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
CONT

Exchange informational materials regarding their labor legislation, with the objective of contributing to better mutual knowledge of such legislation as well as to promote core labor standards recognized by the International Labor Organization(ILO)-freedom of association; the right to organize and bargain collectively; the prohibition of forced labor; the elimination of all exploitative forms of child labor; and non-discrimination in employment.

OBS

Terminology related to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiating process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
CONT

Échanger des documents d'information concernant leurs législations du travail, afin de contribuer à une meilleure connaissance mutuelle de ces législations et de promouvoir les normes de base du travail reconnues par l'Organisation internationale du travail (OIT) : liberté d'association et d'organisation et droit à la négociation collective, interdiction du travail forcé, élimination de toutes les formes abusives du travail des enfants, et non-discrimination en matière d'emploi.

OBS

Terminologie du processus de négociation de la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLEA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derechos y Libertades
  • Convenios colectivos y negociaciones
CONT

Intercambiarán materiales informativos referentes a su legislación laboral, con el objetivo de contribuir a un mejor conocimiento mutuo de dicha legislación, así como a promover las normas laborales fundamentales reconocidas por la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) - libertad de asociación; el derecho a organizarse y negociar colectivamente; la prohibición de trabajos forzados; la eliminación de toda forma de explotación infantil; y la no discriminación en el empleo.

OBS

Terminología relacionada con el proceso de negociación del Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

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Record 2 2010-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
DEF

Labour which is required or compelled by government. In totalitarian countries, political or other prisoners may be placed in labor camps and forced to perform services required by the government.

CONT

forced labour: ... all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily (Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour). Excluded from this definition is compulsory military service; normal civil obligations, penalties imposed by a court, action taken in an emergency, and minor communal services.

OBS

forced labour: Expression and context reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
CONT

L'O.I.T. dont le but est d'améliorer les normes de travail, dispose de la convention du 25 juin 1957 sur le travail forcé.

OBS

Convention concernant l'abolition du travail forcé, 1959.

PHR

interdiction du travail forcé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
DEF

Todo trabajo o servicio exigido a un individuo bajo la amenaza de una pena cualquiera y para el cual dicho individuo no se ofrece voluntariamente, pero no comprende "cualquier trabajo o servicio que se exija a un individuo en virtud de una condena pronunciada por sentencia judicial".

OBS

trabajo forzoso : No es, pues, una expresión de Derecho Penal, a diferencia de "trabajos forzados" (hard labour).

OBS

[La definición proviene del] artículo 2 del Convenio (N° 29) relativo al trabajo forzoso u obligatorio adoptado el 28 de junio de 1930 por la Conferencia General de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo.

OBS

trabajo forzoso: Expresión, definición y observaciones reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 3 2004-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
CONT

Veteran political prisoner Buu Lich reported that after a few months under detention, alimentary deficiency became critical. Camp detainees saw their health alarmingly deteriorating while they were subject to forced hard labor. In the beginning, their monthly food apportions were 18 kgs of rice, but it was gradually reduced to 15 kgs, then to 12 kgs, and then to 8 kgs, and sometimes none.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
DEF

Déficit alimentaire en quantité et en qualité [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
  • Elementos nutritivos (Ciencias biológicas)
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Record 4 1986-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
DEF

an inmate of a Soviet prison or forced labor camp.

Key term(s)
  • z/k

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
DEF

En U.R.S.S., nom donné aux détenu(e)s d'un camp du Goulag.

Key term(s)
  • z/k

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Production (Economics)
OBS

The price of labor and other factors that competitive farmers in an industry are forced to pay out explicitly depend importantly on the forgone opportunities for use in other industries or for leisure; and this means that all competitive costs involve opportunity costs in the background.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Production (Économie)

Spanish

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