Forced Labour and Human Trafficking

Full title in original language:

Education level:

University

University (18+ years)

Topic / subtopic:

Trafficking in persons / smuggling of migrants

Defining the concept of trafficking in persons

Human-rights based approach to trafficking in persons

Target audience:

Professors, Students, Teachers / Lecturers

Type of resource:

Publication / Article

Languages:

English

Region of relevance:

Global

Access:

open access

Individual authors:

Nicola Piper, Marie Segrave

Corporate authors:

Anti-Trafficking Review

Publication year:

2015

Published by:

Anti-Trafficking Review

Copyright holder:

Contact name and address:

Anti-Trafficking Review

Contact email:

atr@gaatw.org

Key themes:

Links:

Publication

Short description:

Human trafficking is now associated, and sometimes used interchangeably, with slavery and forced labour. As this issue highlights, this shift in how we use these terms has real consequences in terms of legal and policy responses to exploitation. Authors - both academics and practitioners - review how the global community is addressing forced labour and trafficking. In 2014 governments across the globe committed to combat forced labour through a new international agreement, the ILO Forced Labour Protocol. Assessing recent efforts and discourse, the thematic issue looks at unions struggling to champion the protection of migrants' labour rights, and at governments fighting legal battles with corporations over enactment of supply chain disclosure laws. At the same time, authors show how regressive policies, such as the Kafala system of 'tied' visas for lower paid workers, are eroding these rights. This issue features short debate pieces which respond to the question: Should we distinguish between forced labour, trafficking and slavery?

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