Publications on forced labour
May 2016
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Global Supply Chain Dynamics and Labour Governance: Implications for Social Upgrading
13 May 2016
This paper examines how the emergence and change of the fragmented cross-national production system affects social upgrading in developing countries, focusing on the impact of private governance on labour conditions and workers’ rights. It also discusses the role of private voluntary standards in governing labour relations in GSCs, and their limitations and tensions with buyers’ purchasing practices.
October 2009
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The Slave Next Door – Human trafficking and slavery in America today
05 October 2009
This book exposes the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States.
March 2007
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"Close to Slavery, Guestworker Programs in the United States", Southern Poverty Law Center
12 March 2007
The 48-page report, based on interviews with thousands of guestworkers and dozens of legal cases, describes the systematic abuse of workers under what is known as the H-2 system administered by the U.S. Department of Labor.
March 2002
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Human traffic human rights: redefining victim protection
01 March 2002
This report looks at measures taken to protect trafficked people in ten different countries: Belgium, Colombia, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States.