Prostitution is a multi-faceted phenomenon: victims of exploitation and networks, housewives in precarious situations, female students, children, men…who prostitute themselves in the streets, on the Web, in bars, in massage parlors, along the roads…
The situations are diverse. However, whatever the political, economic, or cultural contexts are, all of these situations relate to the same phenomenon: sexual exploitation. And from Paris to New York, from Kolkata to Marrakech, from Kiev to Bangkok, the same realities and the same threats are present.
This paper reflects on the implications of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on modern slavery risks in supply chains. We first reason that the global supply and demand shock resulting from COVID-19 exacerbates workers’ vulnerability to modern s...Read More
Elaborated by the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Rapporteur: Mr Vernon COAKER, United Kingdom, Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits human trafficking. Theref...Read More
BankTrack’s Human Rights Benchmark evaluates 50 of the largest private sector commercial banks globally against a set of 14 criteria based on the requirements of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights(‘the Guiding Principles’)....Read More
GENERAL CONTEXT The construction industry relies on large numbers of low-skilled workers and, as such, is a major provider of formal employment opportunities around the world. In the Gulf States in particular, the construction boom has attracted ...Read More
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