The UK’s Modern Slavery Act, 2015 was hotly debated by policy-shapers during the drafting process. We take a behind-the-scenes look at one of last year’s most contentious bills.
States resort to criminal law when they either can’t or won’t tackle root causes. The Modern Slavery Act is just another example of applying the stick to ‘solve’ a fundamentally socio-economic issue.
The Modern Slavery Act represented a chance to restore rights to overseas domestic workers in the UK, but due to strong government opposition those rights remain denied. Why?
The NGO Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) engaged strongly with the British parliament during the drafting of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, but found the government resistant to many of its ideas.
Companies may be more willing to tackle exploitation in supply chains than we think, but they need government regulation to ensure they don’t lose their competitive advantage by doing so.
The Modern Slavery Act was supposed to make Britain a global leader in the fight against slavery, but where did it come from and does it do what its proponents claim?
International agencies and United Nations bodies are increasingly admitting their failings in the international arena. But when will the World Bank do likewise when it comes to Uzbek labour abuses?
Memorialisation in public space in Louisiana fails to reflect the history of the state's black population, or the evils of slavery. It is time for that to change.
Despite the clear historical evidence, both Britain and Ghana still sanitise memories of the brutality and suffering of the transatlantic slave trade.
As was the case across the Americas, formal emancipation in Barbados did not automatically lead to ‘freedom’ for formerly enslaved people.
What can runaway ads tell us about histories of exploitation and exclusion in post-slavery Peru? How did 'masters' govern before surveillance technology?
In debates over how to remember the imperial, slave-driving past, what can Bristol learn from Belgium?
