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==Definition== Many forms of unfree labour are also covered by the term '''forced labour''', which is defined by the [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO) as all involuntary work or service exacted under the menace of a penalty.<ref name='ilo2009'>Andrees and Belser, "Forced labor: Coercion and exploitation in the private economy", 2009. Rienner and ILO.</ref> However, under the [[International Labour Organization|ILO]] [[Forced Labour Convention]] of 1930, the term forced or compulsory labour does not include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C029|title=Convention C029 β Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)|website=International Labour Organization |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331000740/https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C029 |archive-date= Mar 31, 2024 }}</ref> *"any work or service exacted in virtue of [[conscription|compulsory military service]] laws for work of a purely military character;" *"any work or service which forms part of the normal [[civic obligations]] of the citizens of a fully [[self-governing]] country;" *"any work or service exacted from any person as a consequence of a conviction in a [[court of law]], provided that the said work or service is carried out under the supervision and control of a [[public authority]] and that the said person is not hired to or [[private prison|placed at the disposal of private individuals, companies or associations]] (requiring that [[prison farm]]s no longer do [[convict lease|convict leasing]])"; *"any work or service exacted in cases of emergency, that is to say, in the event of [[war]], of a [[Disaster|calamity]] or threatened calamity, such as [[fire]], [[flood]], [[famine]], [[earthquake]], [[violent epidemic]] or [[epizootic diseases]], invasion by: [[animal]], [[insect]] or [[noxious weed|vegetable pests]], and in general any circumstance that would endanger the existence or the well-being of the whole or part of the population";
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