Prohibition of Slavery and Forced Labour in UK Law
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‘Am I Free Now?’ Overseas Domestic Workers in Slavery
This article examines United Kingdom overseas domestic worker and diplomatic domestic worker visas in place since 2012. These visas tie workers to an employer by making it unlawful for them to chan...... ... whether the visa is contrary to the prohibition of slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory ... University of Oxford, UCL, and the London Labour Law Discussion Group. ß 2015 The Author. Journal ... ...
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I Book Review: Defining Civil and Political Rights: The Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
... ... , covering the right to life, the prohibition oftorture and other ill-treatment, the n of slavery and forced labour and theright to liberty and ... ...
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Recent Publications on International Human Rights
... ... rig hts and freedoms (right to life, prohibition of torture, prohibition of slavery and forced ... ...
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Indeterminacy, Disagreement and the Human Rights Act: An Empirical Study of Litigation in the UK House of Lords and Supreme Court 1997–2017
This article explores the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the decision making of the House of Lords (UKHL) and the UK Supreme Court (UKSC). How does Convention rights content vary across are...... ... without law peaceful assembly prohibition of compulsory labour prohibition of n prohibition of forced labour prohibition of slavery prohibition of ... ...
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From old slavery to new forms of exploitation: A reflection on the conditions of irregular migrant labour after the Chowdury case
The spread of exploitative working practices requires an in-depth reflection on the impact of the free market and global competitiveness on some fundamental rights that are inherent to all human be...... ... which in Article 4 only prohibits slavery andservitude (para 1) and forced and compulsory labour (para 2). It could raise the question of whereto put ... on slavery and servitude (para 1) and a limited prohibition on forced and compulsorylabour (para 2; exceptions are set forth in para ... ...
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Social Security and the European Convention on Human Rights: How an Odd Couple Has Become Presentable
For more than twenty years now, the European Convention on Human Rights has been used to solve disputes in social security. This is peculiar since the Convention itself and its Protocols primarily ...... ... life), Article 3 (the prohibition of torture), n of slavery ... 4 (the prohibition of slavery and forced labour). On a few occasions, the ... ...
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Implementing Action against Trafficking of Human Beings under the TFEU: A Preliminary Analysis
This article examines the extent to which the European Union and its Member States have been able to implement so-called 3P obligations (prosecution, protection and prevention) in relation to traff...... ... ANALYSIS OF THE 2011 DIRECTIVE3.1. PROHIBITION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKINGHaving dealt with t ... purpose of e xploitation of that persons labour or ser vices, including at lea st forced or lsory labou r or services, slavery or pr actices similar to slaver y or servitude, ... ...
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Address to the UN Human Rights Committee on the Occasion of the Commemoration of its 100th Session
... ... provisions concerning the absolute prohibition of torture or i ll-treatment, a wide range ... on, for example, t he prohibition of slavery, servitude and forced labour, as well a s its ... ...
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The Non-punishment Principle and the Obligations of the State Under Article 4 of the European Convention of Human Rights: V.C.L. AND A.N. v the United Kingdom (applications nos.77587/12 and 74603/12)
... ... nos.77587/12 and74603/12)KeywordsForced labour, right to fair trial, trafficked victims, human ... even before the enactment of the Modern Slavery Act (MSA 2015) and the s 45statutory defence was ... Supreme Court.Relying on Articles 4 (prohibition of slavery and forced labour) and 6(1) (right to ... ...
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Prospects and problems for European legal cooperation concerning prisoners
Formal legal cooperation in matters relating to prisoners has existed at European level for over 50 years. With the development of an European Union (EU) competence in criminal law from the Treaty ...... ... to prison-ers are:Article 3: prohibition of torture;Article 4: prohibition of slavery and forced labour;Article 5: right to liberty and ... ...
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