External ILO scrutiny alone first prompted France to examine its forced labor

Evidence

Only in 1926, when the ILO began to look into the question of forced labor, did the French government express an interest in the issue. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1408

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: what exactly did the ILO’s 1926 inquiry reveal, and how did it interact with the 1930 decree and its three-year delayed promulgation?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1408
• XREF: connects to: French interest in forced labor arose only under ILO scrutiny in 1926; French colonial forced labor abuses helped trigger the ILO’s anti-forced-labor treaty; The ILO propagated a European-administered moral order that normalised colonial wage labour — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 241

Broader Connections

• French interest in forced labor arose only under ILO scrutiny in 1926 #expands (0.80)
• French colonial forced labor abuses helped trigger the ILO’s anti-forced-labor treaty #corroborates (0.50)