On June 11, 2014, the International Labour Organization adopted a legally binding Protocol that seeks to strengthen efforts to combat forced labor. According to a press release, “[t]he new Protocol brings the existing ILO Convention 29 Concerning Forced Labour, adopted in 1930, into the modern era to address practices such as human trafficking.” As such, “[t]he Protocol strengthens the international legal framework by creating new obligations to prevent forced labour, to protect victims and to provide access to remedy, such as compensation for material and physical harm.” The Protocol was adopted at the International Labour Conference with 437 votes for, twenty-seven abstentions, and eight against.