OUR MISSION
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), more than 40 million people are victims of modern slavery around the world (According to a study conducted by the ILO, the International Office for Migration / IOM and the NGO Walk Free in September 2017). On the 40 million, 25 million were victims of forced labor and 15 million forced marriage. 71% of the victims were women or girls. This illegal activity generates $ 150 billion in illegal profits. Domestic work, agriculture, construction, manufacturing and services are among the most affected sectors.
The CCEM fights against all forms of slavery, servitude and human trafficking for labor exploitation. It is based on Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude. Slavery and the slave trade are banned in all their forms “.
Created in 1994, the CCEM denounces all slavery around the world. It has become a reference in the fight against trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labor exploitation. The mandate of the CCEM includes victims of trafficking for the purpose of forced begging or for the purpose of coercion to commit crimes. The CCEM accompanies the victims, the vast majority of whom are women or girls in a situation of domestic servitude, but also men who are victims of human trafficking for economic purposes in the construction, restaurant, trade, health and social services sectors, crafts, small businesses or agriculture. It provides them with global, social, legal and administrative support. These situations are found in all socio-economic environments, from underprivileged suburbs, rural areas, privileged environments to diplomatic representations, but remain poorly known by the public. The CCEM also acts to awareness professionals and the general public and to enforce the legislation.
The CCEM’s poles of action stem from a comprehensive approach to effectively combat this scourge through prevention, protection, prosecution, partnership and advocacy: home and community life, legal pole, social pole, advocacy and awareness and training pole.
Then participate actively in combating this scourge. France amended its legislation in 2013 to bring it into line with its international commitments. Sentenced twice by the European Court of Human Rights in 2005 and 2012, in two cases monitored by the CCEM, France even went further, introducing in August 2013 slavery, servitude and forced labor in the Penal Code. Recognition both symbolic and effective of the reality of these offenses, translated in 2014, by a National Action Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings but which did not have sufficient means for its implementation in practice.