Article 2 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Forced Labour Convention No. 29 from 1930, defines forced labour as “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of a penalty and for which that person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily”.   In addressing the issue of forced labour in international supply chains, on 14 September 2022, the European Commission put forward a legislative proposal (COM (2022) 453) in the form...