New report finds poor labour standards, including child labour, in surgical instruments used by hospitals and health clinics around the world

80% of the surgical instruments the NHS imports come from Sialkot, Pakistan. But a new report highlights how international buying practices have driven a race to the bottom on labour standards, and are fuelling child labour.

Why making hidden and overlooked children visible, and why identifying solutions to child labour in informal work spaces is a priority.

The UN’s Global Compact is sharing a promotional booklet on the need to act now to ensure decent work by combatting modern slavery and child labour.

The right to freedom of association and freedom of expression are central to combatting modern slavery and child labour.

The ILO launches new global estimates of people in modern slavery – including forced labour and child labour.