A/79/159 platforms to reach out and organize domestic workers, allowing them to exchange important information and report cases of exploitation and abuse. 93 E. Inspection of working and living conditions and facilitation of access to justice and remedies 26. Inspection of workplace and housing is essential in identifying instances of contemporary forms of slavery, and workers’ organizations make an important contribution in this regard. 94 Some, like those in Switzerland, take part in awarenessraising and other activities in order to train labour inspectors, 95 and others go out to workplaces and inspect working conditions in collaboration with Governments and other stakeholders. In Sweden, organizations affiliated with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation collaborate with the Government to inspect work sites and employers suspected of exploitation. 96 Similarly in Pakistan and India, some workers’ organizations conduct regular visits to work sites in order to monitor working and living conditions, which have produced positive results in sectors such as agriculture. 97 In addition, the Canadian Labour Congress actively facilitates the enforcement of Government requirements for housing provided to migrant workers, 98 while another encouraging global initiative emanates from the International Transport Workers’ Federation which employs full-time inspectors as union officials who inspect ships in over 120 ports in 57 countries. 99 27. Once labour and wider rights violations are discovered, workers’ organizations help workers to access justice and remedies. They often represent or assist workers in litigation, promote dialogue with employers, and report human rights abuses through the ILO supervisory system, the national contact points of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development or the United Nations human rights mechanisms. 100 As an example, organizations such as the Hari Welfare Association in Pakistan promote access to justice for workers at risk of bonded labour in agriculture and fisheries, through collaboration with the judiciary, ombudsperson offices and independent commissions at the district and provincial levels. 101 In Hong Kong, China, the Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions manages cases involving migrant domestic workers of various nationalities in order to recover and retain excessive agency fees. 102 Similarly, the Association of Nationalist Overseas Filipino Workers in Malaysia (AMMPO) and the Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers Association (PERIMIG) address grievances from domestic workers through a 24-hour hotline, social media and other channels in close collaboration with local organizations, trade unions, embassies and authorities to provide a variety of services. 103 In the United Kingdom, UNISON has a welfare fund, which provides emergency financial support for its members and for workers to access free legal support. 104 __________________ 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 12/21 ILO, Organising women migrant workers: Manual for trade unionists in ASEAN (2021), 141. Submission by Central Única Dos Trabalhadores. Submission by Switzerland. Submission by Swedish Trade Union Confederation. Submission by Hari Welfare Association. Submission by Canadian Labour Congress. Submission by International Transport Workers’ Federation; and “About the Inspectorate”, available at https://www.itfseafarers.org/en/focs/about-the-inspectorate. Submissions by Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions; International Transport Workers’ Federation; Nigeria Labour Congress; and labour organization Force ouvrière. Submission by Hari Welfare Association. Submission by International Domestic Workers Federation. Ibid. Submission by York Centre for Applied Human Rights; and https://www.unison.org.uk/gethelp/services-support/there-for-you/financial-assistance/. 24-13043