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UK - Liverpool - International Slavery Museum

June 24 2014, 10:47am

Posted by Guillaume

Everything you want to know about slavery

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US Department of State - Trafficking in Persons Report 2014

June 20 2014, 17:02pm

Posted by Guillaume

"We each have a responsibility to make this horrific and all-too-common crime a lot less common. And our work with victims is the key that will open the door to real change—not just on behalf of the more than 44,000 survivors who have been identified...

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India - Global March Against Child Labour

June 20 2014, 10:05am

Posted by Guillaume

The Global March Against Child Labour is a worldwide network of trade unions, teachers' and civil society organisations that work together towards the shared development goals of eliminating and preventing all forms of child labour and ensuring access...

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Quand H&M et Zara piétinent les droits des travailleurs en Europe de l’Est

June 18 2014, 09:45am

Posted by Guillaume

Poverty wages for garment workers in eastern Europe and Turkey Épinglées par l’ONG Clean Clothes Campaign, une vingtaine de marques de prêt-à-porter font travailler leurs ouvriers à des salaires ridiculement bas. Alors que de nombreux rapports pointent...

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The most famous movies about slavery

June 16 2014, 16:06pm

Posted by Guillaume

12 Years a Slave (2012) 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 British-American historical drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free ... Amistad is a 1997 historical drama film...

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Walmart, Tesco, Morrisons, Carrefour, Aldi UK and Costco among retailers responding to revelations of slavery in prawn supply chains

June 12 2014, 09:18am

Posted by Guillaume

Fantastic inquiry by The Guardian about the Thai fishing ships & prawn supply chains. A six-month investigation has established that large numbers of men bought and sold like animals and held against their will on fishing boats off Thailand are integral...

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The Top 3 Conventions to fight Slavery, Forced Labour and Organized Crime

June 11 2014, 09:02am

Posted by Guillaume

Text in PDF Format Slavery Convention Signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926Entry into force: 9 March 1927, in accordance with article 12 The Convention was amended by the Protocol done at the ... The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized...

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Global Report on Slavery: Half the top 10 nations are African

June 6 2014, 09:48am

Posted by Guillaume

Slavery means slavery, forced labor, or human trafficking. “Slavery” refers to the condition of treating another person as if they were property–something to be bought, sold, traded, or even destroyed. “Forced labor” is a related but not identical concept,...

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Petitions against slavery you must sign & support!

June 6 2014, 09:34am

Posted by Guillaume

The Convention to protect domestic workers The International Labour Organization's 2011 Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers (Convention No. 189) was adopted in June 2011 to protect the rights of domestic workers across the world. Countries...

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Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry Rife With Human-Rights Abuses

June 5 2014, 09:27am

Posted by Guillaume

Great article from E. Benjamin Skinner of Brandeis University, specialist of modern day slavery. Among the estimated 3.7 million workers in the industry are thousands of child laborers and workers who face dangerous and abusive conditions. Debt bondage...

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