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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWage theft: the missing middle in exploitation of migrant workersEnsuring that migrants are paid properly for their work would do more good than anti-trafficking ever will.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryLabour migrants’ struggle to subvert anti-trafficking interventions in NepalFor the targets of anti-trafficking measures, they are just one more obstacle to overcome.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryCOVID has blurred the lines between waged, coerced and trafficked labour in IndiaLabourers in India barely made ends meet before the pandemic. Many are now facing catastrophe.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBreaking down exploitation under the Palermo protocolExploitation comes in many forms, so it's important to be precise about what we mean when we use it.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryListen to the experts! Domestic workers fight tied visas in the United KingdomMedia portrayals of domestic workers commonly feature extreme examples of abuse, obscuring the distinctive expertise...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house: time to rethink the Palermo protocolThe governments who championed Palermo are never going to trade law enforcement for social justice and human rights....
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryINTERVIEW: Some observations on the anti-trafficking fieldTwo decades since Palermo and we are still missing the wood of exploitation and injustice for the trees of anti-trafficking.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIt isn’t just anti-trafficking: we must always ask whose interests we really serveSpace for critical reflection and engagement is shrinking across the NGO sector. The tactical dilemmas presented by...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryAre you better or worse off? Understanding exploitation through comparisonLife rarely features binary choices between forced or free labour. The far more common question is, ‘are you worse...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe art of using supply chains to defend worker rightsThe Fair Food Program protects farmworkers by closing the accountability loophole in the tomato supply chain. But...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryTriple (e)X rating the trafficking protocolWe need to stop talking about trafficking and exploitation and focus instead on the connections between...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryTrying to stay afloat without drowning: migrants reopen route to the Spanish Canary IslandsAs COVID-19 measures close borders within Africa, migrants find new ways to stay mobile.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhat is exploitation in the context of ‘modern slavery’? A legal proposalExploitation in the context of ‘modern slavery’ is defined by three conditions: abuse of vulnerability, excessive...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryPeople power to end exploitation?‘Modern slavery’ sits at the crossroads of racism, patriarchy, and growing inequality. So how do we end it?
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhen lawmakers exploit workers, can the law stop them?Illegal sandalwood logging in India is run by local politicians bent on self-enrichment. Why would anybody stand in...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIs human trafficking truly an intractable problem?Two decades after the Palermo Protocol came into force, is extreme exploitation un-solvable?
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryExploitation in trafficking: questions of context, commerce, and conductIn a world of cultural diversity and economic and social disparity, is it possible to agree on what it means to...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryVulnerability to exploitation is created by lawState laws and policies enable widespread, standardised, and routinised forms of exploitation to exist. To change...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryINTERVIEW: Why the AFL-CIO both sits at the table and marches in the streetsTrade unions know our labour system is broken. But how can we make it work again?
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhat is trafficking in a region built on exploitation? Thoughts from the CaribbeanAnti-trafficking law seeks to eradicate what European colonisers once set out to achieve, and the Caribbean has been...