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4.1 Vision

The vision for the NAPFL is to eliminate the use of
forced labour in any and all forms in Malaysia by 2030.

4.2 Guiding Principles National Action Plan on Forced Labour (2021-2025)

The NAPFL is guided by the following fundamental
principles in line with SDG 8, ILO P29 and the UNGP:

The NAPFL considers forced labour as a Support to victims, protection services,
violation of fundamental human rights. migration management services, and other
As such, all human beings, regardless of interventions must be trauma informed,
gender, age, nationality, ethnicity, religious victim centred, and must not criminalise
beliefs or political affiliation, their migration victims. Moreover, they must be gender
status or any other personal or social responsive and age appropriate and take
characteristic have the right to be protected the voice and needs of the victims into
from forced labour as part of the upholding account.
of their universal indivisible and
interdependent human rights.

It is the duty of the State to protect Stakeholders must work in partnership to
anyone living and working in Malaysia coordinate and implement this NAPFL, which
from forced labour and it is the duty of all aims to address the root causes of forced
businesses operating in Malaysia to labour through strengthening legislation
comply with regulations on forced labour. and enforcement, raising awareness,
This includes a responsibility for businesses improving migration management and
to carry out appropriate and adequate due recruitment practices, and strengthening
diligence within their supply chains and to support services.
establish appropriate responses and
remediation mechanisms (including
financial compensation) to deal with forced
labour.