Essays about: "Modern Slavery"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words Modern Slavery.

1. 1. Bringing human rights due diligence into law: Addressing modern slavery or business as usual? : A postcolonial assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act’s compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Isabelle Kämpe; [2023]
   Keywords : UK Modern Slavery Act; MSA; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGP; modern slavery; human rights due diligence; HRDD; supply chain; transparency; postcolonialism; neo-colonialism; dependency theory;

   Abstract : Operating through complex supply chains and multiple jurisdictions, today’s business enterprises can outsource manufacturing to different parts of the world where they can take advantage of low labour- and production costs. In the global quest for businesses to maximise their profits, deteriorating working conditions for offshore labour workers are increasing the risks of human rights abuses. READ MORE

3. 2. Between career development and modern slavery : A netnographic exploration of how LinkedIn users conceptualise and experience the unpaid internship

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Amanda Tydesjö; [2023]
   Keywords : Unpaid internship; educational contract; employability strategy; modern slavery; career development;

   Abstract : Societal demand to enhance individual employability in an increasingly congested postgraduate labour market has led to a boom in unpaid internships in the 21st century. This has produced a continuum of attitudes, from perceiving the unpaid internship as an important career opportunity to perceiving it as exploitative slavery. READ MORE

4. 3. Forced labour under a microscope - How people are subjected to forced labour within domestic work

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Saga Frönserius; [2023]
   Keywords : forced labour; domestic work; modern slavery; exploitation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The paper focuses on forced labour in domestic work. This paper examines how forced labour in domestic work is addressed internationally and nationally. To fulfil this purpose, the report examines how forced labour is defined in international law and how it is legally combated. It also examines how Sweden and the UK meet international standards. READ MORE

5. 4. Victim or Criminal? A study of identified human trafficking victims in Denmark convicted for criminal acts committed whilst trafficked

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Evelina Eidem; [2023]
   Keywords : Trafficking in Human Beings; THB; Human Trafficking; International Human Rights Law; International Law; Non-Punishment; Denmark; criminal; victim.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world, the International Labour Organisation estimate that there are 50 million people in modern slavery. In Denmark 294 trafficking victims were identified between 2019-2022, but only two traffickers were convicted of the crime. READ MORE

6. 5. Human Trafficking : “The Silent Victims”

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Ema Miseikaite; [2023]
   Keywords : Human trafficking; Male trafficking victims; Masculinity; Gender roles; Globalization;

   Abstract : Human Trafficking, also known as Trafficking in Persons, or Modern-Day Slavery, is a multibillion-dollar industry that consumes millions of individuals from diverse social, cultural, racial, national, or gender backgrounds. Human trafficking can take many forms: labor, organ, and sex trafficking. READ MORE