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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Modern slavery"”.
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Regulating Modern Slavery: Contemporary Developments, Corporate Responsibility and the Role of the State
Today slavery is illegal in every part of the world. It has been recognised as a crime against humanity and a violation of fundamental human rights. Nonetheless, the exploitation, marginalisation and degradation of human beings for material profit continue to flourish in 21st-century society. …
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The Modern Slavery Act 2015: world leading or a missed opportunity to enhance victim protection?
… national anti-trafficking legislation - the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) 2015. Offering an original contribution to the knowledge base, it considers whether the UK‘s national legal framework is sufficiently equipped to protect women who are trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and …
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Modern Slavery: A Thorough Examination on Human Trafficking of Indigenous Women and Children in Mexico
<p>Modern-day slavery is an international crime against humanity which affects millions of lives each year. Human trafficking, a form of Modern Slavery, has negative long-lasting implications on trafficked victims and society, particularly vulnerable members such as indigenous women and children. …
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The role of partnerships in addressing modern slavery in the UK event sector : a narrative approach
… widely recognised as a step forward to address modern slavery by key actors from the public, private, and third sectors. The form partnerships could take, the roles and contribution of partners, or how they might identify and deliver shared goals and responsibilities, however, have thus far been …
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Race to the Bottom? : A Critical Analysis of Canada's Modern Slavery in Supply Chain Legislation
… labour in its legislative response to modern slavery in global supply chains. With a primary focus on the government's recently proposed Bill S-216: Modern Slavery Act - which would mandate companies to report on their activities to reduce modern slavery in their supply chains - …
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Reshoring and modern slavery in the supply chain : case study evidence and action research in the textiles and fashion industry
… transparency and the risk of social problems. Modern slavery is an important global social issue, which is affecting the industry given that the growing demand for cheap, fast fashion can lead to worker exploitation. This thesis focuses on these two current issues, reshoring and modern slavery …
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Making a Victim: How White Slavery Discourse Shapes the UK’s Anti-trafficking Strategy
… help to understand the conceptualisation of modern slavery in the UK?’ To answer this question, I begin with present-day UK modern slavery policy and investigate themes of ideal victimhood that have persisted within contemporary discourse. I propose that the figure of the ‘ideal victim’ …
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Global Trade Governance and ASEAN: Studies of Trade-Related Aspects of Labor, Environment and Culture in Southeast Asia
… to be investigated are: (1) pirate fishing and modern slavery in the Thai fishing industry (trade and labor); (2) illegal Siamese rosewood logging and trade in the Greater Mekong sub-region (trade and environment); and (3) tourism development and the struggles of Andaman sea gypsies (trade in …
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Laws without enforcement : the case of unskilled foreign workers in Kuwait
… a shortage of skills among the local population. Modern infrastructures, large-scale projects and basic services such as health care and education all needed human resources that were unavailable at the time. The reliance on foreign labour in Kuwait has increased rapidly in the last forty years …