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Power Point Presentation - Amy Weatherburn - Rights at Work conference

Document number
3242
Date
19 October 2018
Title
Power Point Presentation - Amy Weatherburn - Rights at Work conference
Author/publisher
Amy Weatherburn
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
comparison legal definitions human trafficking labour exploitation Belgium England Wales slavery, servitude and forced labour
Summary

Power Point Presentation of Amy Weatherburn for the final conference Rights at Work - Tackling labour exploitaiton in all economic sectors in Poland, Bulgaria and Romania.
Her presentation refered to the legal vicissitudes in different European jurisdictions. For her PhD study, she makes a comparison between legal definitions of human trafficking and labour exploitation in Belgium, England and Wales. She sketched the historically different forms of labour exploitation in law (slavery, servitude and forced labour) and highlighted the fact that despite important commonalities across countries, different jurisdictions use different definitions, thus criminalising different acts and using different legal tools.