{"id":41073,"date":"2025-10-16T15:10:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=41073"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:00:25","slug":"civil-society-warns-of-the-risk-of-interference-in-the-dirty-list-of-work-analogous-to-slavery","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/civil-society-warns-of-the-risk-of-interference-in-the-dirty-list-of-work-analogous-to-slavery\/","title":"Civil society warns of the risk of interference in the \u2018Dirty List\u2019 of work analogous to slavery","content":"

More than 38 civil society organizations expressed deep concern over the Minister of Labor and Employment, Luiz Marinho\u2019s decision to grant himself the authority to decide on a citation issued against the company JBS Aves for using labor under conditions analogous to slavery. <\/span><\/p>\n

The measure, announced on 18 September, temporarily suspends the inclusion of the company on the so-called \u2018Dirty List\u2019\u2014a registry of employers caught exploiting modern-day slavery.<\/span><\/p>\n

The organizations described the decision as a \u201cpolitical, biased, and unprecedented use of an outdated legal provision against a modern, internationally applauded tool.\u201d They warned of the risk of undermining the inspection system. The intervention took place after JBS Aves had exhausted both administrative avenues of defense, which, according to the organizations, renders the ministerial initiative \u201csurprising\u201d and \u201cdiametrically opposed\u201d to the government\u2019s public commitment to transparency and to fight slave labor.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August, in a meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Tomoya Obokata, the Ministry of Labor itself had presented the \u2018Dirty List\u2019 as an international benchmark for transparency. Now, the organizations say the decision sets a precedent for political interference in a mechanism that the Federal Government had previously committed to strengthening.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday (6), The Ministry of Labor and Employment updated the \u2018Dirty List\u2019 of employers who have subjected workers to conditions analogous to slavery, including 159 names\u2014101 individuals and 58 companies. From 2020 to 2025, 1,530 workers were rescued, with the highest number of cases in Minas Gerais, S\u00e3o Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Bahia, in sectors such as cattle ranching, domestic work, coffee production, and civil construction projects. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dirty List: an internationally recognized tool<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Dirty List was created in 2003 and is recognized by the UN and the ILO as a best practice in tackling modern-day slavery, promoting transparency and holding companies involved in violations economically accountable. It has come under frequent political and judicial attacks due to its effectiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n

The case of JBS Aves involves ten workers subjected to working days of up to 16 hours and debt bondage at a facility in Rio Grande de Sul. Since 1995, over 65 thousand people have been rescued from slave labor in Brazil in various production sectors, according to the definition in Article 149 of the Penal Code, which covers forced labor, debt bondage, degrading conditions, and exhausting working hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

The organizations are calling on the government to reaffirm its commitment to independent inspections and avoid setbacks. \u201cIt is essential that the \u2018Dirty List\u2019 is upheld independently and efficiently, as a fundamental tool for transparency and the defense of human dignity,\u201d they said. They also express solidarity with labor inspectors and Brazilian workers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The letter is signed by: Alian\u00e7a pelos Direitos Humanos em Cadeias Produtivas, Articula\u00e7\u00e3o dos Empregados Rurais do Estado de Minas Gerais (ADERE\/MG), Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Alternativa Terrazul, Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Ambiental Sapuca ECO, Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Comunit\u00e1ria Oper\u00e1ria Floresta Esperan\u00e7a (ACOFE), Brigada de Alter, Centro de Direitos Humanos e Empresas da Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Get\u00falio Vargas (FGV CeDHE), Centro de Informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre Empresas e Direitos Humanos (BHRRC), Centro de Trabalho Indigenista (CTI), Clima de Pol\u00edtica, Comiss\u00e3o Pastoral da Terra, Conectas Direitos Humanos, Conex\u00e3o Migrante, Confedera\u00e7\u00e3o Nacional dos Trabalhadores Assalariados e Assalariadas Rurais (CONTAR), Coordena\u00e7\u00e3o Estadual das Comunidades Quilombolas de Pernambuco, For\u00e7a A\u00e7\u00e3o e Defesa Ambiental (FADA), Geled\u00e9s \u2013 Instituto da Mulher Negra, Greenpeace Brasil, Grupo de Pesquisa Trabalho Escravo Contempor\u00e2neo da UFRJ, Imaflora, Instituto A\u00e7\u00e3o Sist\u00eamica da Amaz\u00f4nia, Instituto de Defesa de Consumidores (Idec), Instituto de Estudos Socioecon\u00f4micos (Inesc), Instituto Linhas Divinas, Instituto Internacional Arayara, Instituto 5 Elementos \u2013 Educa\u00e7\u00e3o para a Sustentabilidade, Kurytiba Metr\u00f3pole (KM), Litig\u00e2ncia Clim\u00e1tica e por Direitos (LITIGA), Miss\u00e3o Paz, Movimento Xingu Vivo para Sempre (XV), N\u00facleo de Estudos, Trabalho, Agroecologia e Soberania Alimentar (NETASA-UNIFAL-MG), Prote\u00e7\u00e3o Animal Mundial, Rede F\u00e9 Paz e Clima, Rede Vozes Negras pelo Clima, SER., Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Telecomunica\u00e7\u00e3o do Estado de Minas Gerais (Sinttel MG) and Uni\u00e3o de Entidades Ambientalistas do Paran\u00e1 (UNEAP).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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