In January 2020, the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner commissioned an important study in collaboration with TRIBE Freedom Foundation and Themis to lead a cross-sector research programme, highlighting the role of the financial services sector to identify and prevent modern slavery and human trafficking. We are thrilled to be a part …
This article shows how the ethical framing of the contemporary issue of modern slavery has evolved in UK construction, a sector in which there is a high risk of labor exploitation. It also examines how these framing dynamics have inhibited the emergence of a common framework of action to deal with the issue. We draw on both …
In its efforts to curb this, Canada's new Modern Slavery Act expands what is considered forced and child labour, and introduces mandatory reporting requirements that will apply to many Canadian …
The food retail, wholesale and agriculture industries are no strangers to reports of poor treatment of migrant workers on farms, often involving labour hire companies. 1 The UK's Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) reported in 2018 that agriculture is a "high risk" sector for exploitation and abuse. 2 It is due to the nature …
Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says Siddharth Kara, their rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in...
of the health sector, but also the sector's modern slavery risks, especially in relation to the procurement of medical goods. Taking a rights-based approach to addressing modern slavery will assist health sector organisations to meet the increasing expectations of investors, governments, clients, consumers, business peers and civil society
This section argues that, in addition to being issues of power, patriarchy, and child exploitation, cobalt mining connects with the conceptual framework espousing …
Like many sectors, those operating in the mining sector face modern slavery risk, both in their own operations and their supply chains. The Global Slavery Index identifies mining, along with garment manufacturing and agriculture, as one of the sectors most at risk of modern slavery. Its latest report in 2018 pointed specifically to risks ...
For example, the 2015 UK Modern Slavery Act applies to all companies conducting any part of their business in the UK that have annual gross worldwide revenues of £36 million or more. Under this regulation, companies must now publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement which verifies the different stages in their supply chain.
However, the "Tainted Carpets: Slavery and Child Labor in India's Hand-Made Carpet Sector," written by Siddarth Kara, a Harvard lecturer and fellow on human trafficking, documented over 3,000 cases …
Hidden causes of modern slavery. Currently, modern slavery is linked to the hazy supply chains of many industries including electronics, agriculture and fashion. This 30 billion dollar industry and its large contribution to modern slavery are fuelled by: Cost pressures (the greater the pressure is on suppliers means greater pressure on workers)
The industry's corporate customers are becoming more aware of modern-slavery risk and applying more stringent requirements to the miners that supply them. Governments are stepping up their scrutiny …
Modern slavery can occur in every industry and sector, but some are more susceptible due to the nature and location of the work, these include agriculture and fisheries, construction, healthcare services, IT services, hospitality, manufacturing, and mining. Similarly, there are also geographic drivers behind modern slavery.
Its policies in relation to slavery and human trafficking. Its due diligence processes in relation to slavery and human trafficking in its business and supply chains. The parts of its business and supply chains where there is a risk of slavery and human trafficking taking place and the steps it has taken to assess and manage that risk.
In U.S. Restaurants, Bars And Food Trucks, 'Modern Slavery' Persists : The Salt A new report highlights victims of human trafficking in the food industry, from farm workers to restaurant cooks and ...
We wanted to end slavery once and for all, and that remains our driving focus. I chaired the working group for the Centre for Social Justice's landmark report "It Happens Here: Equipping the United Kingdom to Fight Modern Slavery". This is now acknowledged as the catalyst behind the UK's Modern Slavery Act of 2015.
However, the "Tainted Carpets: Slavery and Child Labor in India's Hand-Made Carpet Sector," written by Siddarth Kara, a Harvard lecturer and fellow on human trafficking, documented over 3,000 cases of forced labor and as many as 1,400 cases of child labor in the industry across nine northern states.
Slavery was an ever-present feature of the Roman world. Slaves served in s, agriculture, mines, the military, workshops, construction and many services.As many as 1 in 3 of the population in Italy or 1 in 5 across the empire were slaves and upon this foundation of forced labour was built the entire edifice of the Roman state.. Slavery …
It is largely unregulated, extremely dangerous, and a last resort being taken by more than 255,000 artisanal miners, including 40,000 Congolese children. The 103 million people of the Democratic Republic …
1 Department of Home Affairs, Modern slavery, Australian Border Force, viewed 23 September 2020. 2 ibid. Australia's minerals industry recognises that respect for human rights is integral to responsible business practice. The sector's commitment to respecting human rights is expressed in Principle 3 of Enduring Value – The
Policies and procedures – maintain an adequate compliance framework setting out how the business manages modern slavery risk. Modern slavery statement – businesses with a turnover of £36 million or more need to publish an annual modern slavery statement setting out the steps taken by them in relation to modern slavery risk. …
Accelerating Change: The Potential of Capital Market Actors in Addressing Modern Slavery, a collaborative effort between the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking Initiative (FAST) at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the Modern Slavery and Human Rights …
The 2023 Global Slavery Index (GSI) estimates that on any given day in 2021, there were 1.1 million people living in modern slavery in the US, a prevalence of 3.3 people in modern slavery for every thousand people in the country.
Forced labour is a severe violation of human rights affecting 28 million of men, women and children in all countries and all economic sectors. It is rooted in poverty, discrimination and lack of social protection, and it disrupts …
Modern Slavery Act to public sector procurers. Local authorities currently have no statutory duty to comply with the 'Transparency in supply chains' (TISC) provision in the Act to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement each year, despite their considerable annual spend. 2. A fragmented care industry structure which leaves the
As the cotton industry boomed in the South, Mississippi River steamboats became a defining component of the cotton kingdom. The video clip above, from a 1937 documentary by Pare Lorentz, shows cotton bales being loaded on a riverboat as they had been for generations.Riverboats were already an important part of the transportation revolution …
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The issue of modern slavery in Brazil's mining sector primarily affects the informal and illegal artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sub-sector which contributes to approximately 20% of Brazil's mineral production and employs approximately 500,000 people, both directly and indirectly (Seccatore, Veiga, Origliasso, Marin, & De Tomi, …
The Philippines is among the most vulnerable countries to modern slavery in the Asia Pacific region. Conflict-related displacement shapes risk in the country: as of 2022, there were 102,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Philippines due to conflict. 32 The largest population of IDPs are in BARMM, 33 where years of conflict and violent …
In 2012 the ILO (International Labour Organisation) published a booklet setting out Indicators of Forced Labour, which is intended to help "front-line" criminal law enforcement officials, labor inspectors, trade union officers, NGO workers, and others to identify persons who are possibly trapped in a forced labor situation and who may …
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