Sökning: "UK Modern Slavery Act"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden UK Modern Slavery Act.

1. 1. Bringing human rights due diligence into law: Addressing modern slavery or business as usual? : A postcolonial assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act’s compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Isabelle Kämpe; [2023]
   Nyckelord :UK Modern Slavery Act; MSA; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGP; modern slavery; human rights due diligence; HRDD; supply chain; transparency; postcolonialism; neo-colonialism; dependency theory;

   Sammanfattning : Operating through complex supply chains and multiple jurisdictions, today’s business enterprises can outsource manufacturing to different parts of the world where they can take advantage of low labour- and production costs. In the global quest for businesses to maximise their profits, deteriorating working conditions for offshore labour workers are increasing the risks of human rights abuses. LÄS MER

3. 2. Brexit: A step back in Britain’s fight against human trafficking? : A comparative content analysis of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the EU Directive 2011/36

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Malin Swartling; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Brexit; National Referral Mechanism; Modern Slavery Act 2015; Human Trafficking; Migration; Prostitution; Feminist jurisprudence; Dominance theory; Mackinnon; Liberal feminism; Equal treatment theory; Nussbaum; EU Directive 2011 36;

   Sammanfattning : Human trafficking has become an international issue of significant importance; it is the largest and most profitable organised crime after drugs and arms trafficking. Particular concern has recently been raised due to the Brexit potential ramifications on Human trafficking. LÄS MER

4. 3. MODERN SLAVERY ACT (2015): A CRITICAL INSIGHT INTO THE UK’S FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY & HUMAN TRAFFICKING FROM THE VICTIM’S PERSPECTIVE, A LITERATURE REVIEW

   Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Författare :Muntasir Islam; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Human rights; Modern slavery act 2015 ; NRM; Trafickking; UK; Victim;

   Sammanfattning : Modern Slavery is a complex type of crime. It may take many forms starting from the forced labor, servitude, sexual exploitation, organ harvesting, slavery, to trafficking and others. LÄS MER

5. 4. Shopping for a better world - whether supply chain transparency can assure clarity within the pursuit of goods untainted by intolerable practices

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Författare :Helena Westöö; [2017]
   Nyckelord :public international law; business and human rights; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : As legislators in recent years have adopted regulations demanding companies to disclose information on their supply chains, a new chapter of corporate transparency has been opened. However, what power such regulations have to initiate a change of corporate behaviour is questionable. LÄS MER

7. 5. Slavery: part of history or present problem? - A bachelor thesis regarding the issues of contemporary slavery, with a special interest in how contemporary slavery is dealt with in the UK.

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Författare :Amanda Persson; [2015]
   Nyckelord :rättshistoria; public international law; folkrätt; EU-rätt; EU law; modernt slaveri; nutida slaveri; samtida slaveri.; modern slavery; contemporary slavery; legal history; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : This bachelor thesis deals with the existence and the issues of contemporary slavery. Contemporary slavery is a term that includes the types of slavery that are present in modern society. LÄS MER