Findings from ILO Convention on Forced Labour

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Findings from ILO Convention on Forced Labour
« on: November 09, 2018, 10:28:31 PM »
Iit is evident that even though under the Constitution of Bangladesh all forms of forced labour are prohibited,  there  are provisions in various laws under which labour may be imposed amounting to  ‘forced labour’  within the meaning of the ILO Conventions. These  laws  are:  The Essential  Services  (Maintenance)  Act,  1952  (Act  No.  LIII  of  1952),  The Essential  Service  (Second)  Ordinance,   1958  (Ordinance  No. XIV), The Special Powers Act  1974 (Act No. XIV of 1974), The Penal Code  1860 (A ctN o. XLV of 1860), The Industrial Relations Ordinance,   1969  (Ordinance  No.  XXIII),  The  Control  of
Employment Ordinance,  1965  (Ordinance No.  XXXII of  1965), The Post Office Act,  1898, (Act No. VI of 1898), The Bangladesh Merchant Shipping Ordinance,  1983, (Ordinance No. XXVI) and The  Services  (Temporary  Powers)  Ordinance,  1963  (Ordinance
No II of 1963. It may be recalled that our Constitution guarantees of  prohibition  against  forced  labour  and  Article  26  of  the
Constitution provides that all existing laws  inconsistent with the fundamental  rights  as  provided  in  Part  III  shall  to  the  extent  of
inconsistency  become  void  on  the  commencement  of  this Constitution and the state shall not make any law inconsistent with
those rights.

Source: http://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php?journal=DULJ&page=article&op=viewFile&path[]=1421&path[]=1361
Nahid Afreen
Assistant Professor
Department of Law (FHSS)
Daffodil International University,
Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Email: afreen.law@diu.edu.bd