NL – Forced labour, 2nd NAP

Pillar I

Inclusion of ‘business and human rights’ in the Netherlands’ national policy Labour market policy and employment law

“A serious problem in tackling labour exploitation is the grey area between poor employment practices and human trafficking. In order to expedite the prosecution of perpetrators of human trafficking, including labour exploitation, the coalition agreement foresees modernising article 273f of the Criminal Code. One of the aims is to make the entire system more accessible and to increase criminal liability for labour exploitation.” P. 27.

Pillar III

Improving access to judicial mechanisms

Criminal law

“Criminal law includes penal provisions for the violations of specific RBC norms such as … human trafficking …” p. 73.