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
... ... and religion, expression, and the prohibition of war propaganda and incitement to hatred and ... other ill-treatment, the prohibition of slavery and forced labour and the right 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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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...... ... in Article 4 only prohibits slavery and servitude (para 1) and forced and compulsory labour (para 2). It could raise the question of where to ... the ECHR system not only provides in Article 4 for an absolute prohibition on slavery and servitude (para 1) and a limited prohibition on forced and ... ...
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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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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 and 74603/12) Keywords Forced labour, right to fair trial, trafficked victims, ... even before the enactment of the Modern Slavery Act (MSA 2015) and the s 45 statutory defence was ... Relying on Articles 4 (prohibition of slavery and forced labour) and 6(1) (right to ... ...
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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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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...... ... PROHIBITION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKING Having dealt with ... of e xploitation of that person’s labour or ser vices, including at lea st forced or ulsory labou r or services, slavery or pr actices similar to slaver y or servitude, ... ...
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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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ECtHR cases July–September 2019
... ... Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Mr Gu ¨ ... , they alleged that they had been forced to work as prostitutes in Greece. The Court held ... Violation of Article 4 (prohibition of slavery and forced labour) Just satisfaction 15,000 EUR ... ...
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