12/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - Ratification of new ILO protocol on forced labour urged. The European Commission put a proposal to the EU Council of Ministers on Thursday 11 September that EU member states be authorised to ratify the new International Labour Organisation (ILO) protocol to the Force Labour Convention. Countries ratifying the ILO protocol agree to prevent the use of forced labour, in particular in the context of trafficking in human beings, to improve the protection of victims,...