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4.3 NAPFL Pillars knowledgebase on forced labour in the enforcement initiatives, legal reviews, 4.4 Strategic Goals
establishment of systems, among others
country, for use in advocacy and policy
The interventions in this development. Strategic Goal 2 focuses and improved migration management
on
enforcement
including enforcement. Strategic Goal 4
and
prosecution.
NAPFL fall under the ‘4Ps Strategic Goal 3 focuses on on protection services and system links The overall aim for the NAPFL
strategy to prevent and strengthening migration management to law enforcement as the ability to refer is that by 2025 the forced
eliminate forced labour’. This capacity to prevent exploitation of victims to appropriate services and labour incidence in National Action Plan on Forced Labour (2021-2025)
protect them during investigation and
migrant workers.
strategy is based on ILO possible court cases in line with the Malaysia is reduced.
Recommendation 203 (R203) The second “P” refers to protection of guiding principles above.
accompanying P29, to guide victims. This pillar builds upon the Towards this aim, the NAPFL consists of
the implementation of the fundamental principle that victims are The fourth and final “P” refers to four Strategic Goals to be realised by
between
Partnerships
partnership.
victims, not criminals, and they should
principles in ILO C29 and be protected from discrimination, from multiple partners with different 2025. These goals were defined by
during
NAPFL
stakeholders
P29. their perpetrators and from becoming mandates, skills and specialisations are consultations and stakeholders expect,
repeat victims. NAPFL Strategic Goal 2 essential to tackle multi-causal, complex that realising these goals will contribute
focuses on improving identification of issues like forced labour. The foundation to the visions of the NAPFL, which is to
The first “P” refers to prevention of victims, and Strategic Goal 4 on for the NAPFL development and eliminate the use of forced labour in
implementation modality is partnership
forced labour. Prevention is often more providing victims with improved among federal and state government any and all forms in Malaysia by 2030.
effective than cure and it saves services, and strengthening the systems agencies, workers’ and employers’
individuals from exploitation and abuse for this. organisations particularly MTUC and
and potentially traumatising MEF, recruitment agencies, industry By 2025, there will be improved knowledge
experiences. Prevention strategies associations, businesses, NGOs, base and awareness and understanding
typically address the root causes of The third “P” refers to prosecution. academia etc. to work towards the same of forced labour among workers and
forced labour to remove the drivers R203, perhaps more accurately, talks goal of eliminating forced labour in employers, young people, government
behind forced labour and prevent forced about law enforcement of which Malaysia, as defined in this NAPFL. staff and the general public;
labour from happening in the first place. effective prosecution of perpetrators is
an element. Law enforcement also
encompasses such things as effective The following section describes the By 2025, there will be improved legal
In this NAPFL, prevention inspection regimes, police investigations NAPFL vision, guiding principles and compliance and enforcement related to
forced labour;
strategies are the backbone (that will collect evidence and enable pillars which are operationalised into By 2025, migration management,
prosecution)
and
of
identification
National Action Plan on Forced Labour (2021-2025) forced labour through with legislation. NAPFL. Improved By 2025, victims of forced labour will have
strategic goals and programme areas.
of Strategic Goals 1,2 and 3,
victims. Importantly, laws must be
including recruitment practices, will be
complied with and it is the duty of
which all intend to prevent
strengthened; and
businesses (and individuals) to adhere
addressing identified root
improved access to remedy, support and
causes of forced labour in
protection services and systems to prevent
Strengthening law enforcement and
forced labour will be improved.
Malaysia.
compliance cuts across all the Strategic
in
Goals
the
Strategic Goal 1 focusses on raising
awareness on forced labour is expected
awareness about forced labour among
to lead to better compliance with
key target groups, including workers
legislation. Enhanced data collection and
and employers and increasing the
a stronger knowledge base will support