Forced labor
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Forced labor includes all forms of slavery and related practices including debt slavery, serfdom, human trafficking and labor camps. It is any work or service a person is forced to do against their will.[1] It usually includes a threat of some form of punishment.[1]
Definition
[change | change source]The International Labour Organization had defined forced labor as:
all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.[2]
This was in the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29). There were exceptions to this definition. These things were not considered forced labor: working in a military organization; doing community service when the work serves the community; or working while serving a prison sentence.[2]
Convict labor
[change | change source]Convict labor must be supervised by public officials. The convention does not allow convicts to be supervised by private individuals, companies, or organizations.[2]
Today
[change | change source]There are over 29 million people living as slaves today.[3] An estimated 60,000 of them live in the United States.[3] This includes sex workers, illegal immigrants and those held in debt bondage.[4]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FORCED LABOUR". Anti-Slavery International. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "International Labour Standards on Forced labour". International Labour Organization (ILO). Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Max Fisher (17 October 2013). "This map shows where the world's 30 million slaves live. There are 60,000 in the U.S." The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ "What is Modern Slavery?". United States Department of State. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
