Sentences with phrase «forced labour»

Any benefits would help primarily the cotton industry, which they hold responsible for the system of forced labour.

The PBS show Need to Know provides a very informative piece about forced labour, human trafficking and modern day slavery.

Best of all, a portion of every sale is donated to Not For Sale, an organization dedicated to helping end forced labour and human trafficking.

Born in Paris in 1922, Dufour had to interrupt his studies during the invasion of France in 1940, and he was pressed into forced labour in Germany.

By the end of 1942, POWs were being used as forced labour as the Japanese war effort intensified.

«I am sure that we won't make the mistake of forcing Labour MPs to face disciplinary action for voting in line with their own manifesto and long - established Labour policy,» he told the Sunday Telegraph.

Margaret begins an investigation that takes her to Australia, where she meets other adults who, as children, were taken from care to a life of institutions and forced labour on the other side of the world.

This is not the first time that aid from abroad has rankled the human - rights groups that campaign against forced labour in the cotton fields.

The SDP forced the Labour Party to come to terms with reality.

Canadian officials knew, earlier than most, about allegations of forced labour at Bisha.

To be clear, there is no evidence Nevsun sought to benefit from forced labour — the reverse seems to be true.

What is the prevalence of and associations with forced labour experiences among male migrants from Dolakha, Nepal?

Several alleged forced labour may have been used in Bisha's construction.After receiving word of these allegations, Davis himself volunteered to appear before the committee via teleconference to set the record straight.

Canadian mining company Nevsun has been accused of using forced labour to build a mine in Eritrea.

Marco was arrested for being «too Catholic», and Natalia volunteered to go with a group of women rounded up for forced labour; both died in concentration camps.

Global CEOs on the Board of The Consumer Goods Forum continue their efforts in tackling forced labour by adopting and calling for action on «Priority Industry Principles»: Every worker should...

The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 21 million people in forced labour around the world, generating profits in the private economy of $ 150 billion.

In power, the Khmer Rouge carried out a radical program that included isolating the country from foreign influence, closing schools, hospitals and factories, abolishing banking, finance and currency, outlawing all religions, confiscating all private property and relocating people from urban areas to collective farms where forced labour was widespread.

In response, the fund's ethics council began an ongoing assessment of whether any of the companies in the fund might be involved in human rights violations (forced labour particularly) in Eritrea.

Among the allegations commonly lobbed at Canadian mining companies, permitting forced labour at one's mine surely ranks among the most outrageous.

On the other hand idle vagabonds donned the cowl in order to avoid the usual forced labour....

A former pastor of one of Canada's largest churches has been released after spending two years in forced labour camps and prisons in North Korea.

«There is no difference in my between forced labour sometimes referred to as slavery and «Workfare» and I'm disgusted the Labour Party didn't stand up for our children and demand that the scheme is ended.»

After all, Conservative governments went into both the 1992 and 1997 general elections by announcing sharp expenditure restraint for the following Parliament, thus forcing the Labour opposition to either reject or accept those overall spending targets.

While they agree on how dreadful the consequences of such vulnerability can be, party leaders are blithely arguing for an intensification of the climate in which forced labour can thrive.

After forcing Labour to endorse austerity, Osborne used his last budget speech of this parliament to suggest that he is not even that bothered about the deficit.

Ed Miliband's decision to launch 18 - month policy units suggested he believed the coalition would last the full five years, but the recent public split at the top of the government has forced some Labour figures to reassess their timetable.

It will be interesting if the Lib Dems can achieve treble digits or at least close to it, the pressure in all regions could at least on paper force Labour into 3rd place, probably won't happen, but with Brown in charge, it's far from off the cards.

He visited in her home this afternoon to apologise in person, after intense media pressure forced Labour to try to close down the row as quickly as possible.

The main aim of the Labour Party was, arguably, simply to re-establish themselves as the main progressive centre - left alternative to the Conservatives, after the rise of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) forced Labour onto the defensive.

When British forces withdrew from Iraq, a similarly lackadaisical approach was taken - until public and political outcry forced the Labour Government to let them in.

«It delighted the Conservative troops and resonated more broadly, forcing a Labour retreat.

They were already planning to table emergency resolutions at this week's conference to force the Labour leadership to rule out support for proportional representation at the General Election.

As part of new supplier acceptance procedures, suppliers producing Kurt Geiger own label products must also complete a questionnaire which reflects the key elements of our Ethical Standards for Contractors and Suppliers including forced labour.

Then came the Second World War and a none too glamorous history of forced labour producing armaments, repairing Ju 88s and building Kübelwagens and Schwimmwagens.

The Index's inputs include BSI's proprietary SCREEN Forced Labour Intelligence along with independent trafficking and exploitation data, economic disparity, and countries» geographical proximity information.

The International Convention concerning Forced labour was adopted in 1930 on the initiative of the ILO.

It does not seek to prohibit forced labour absolutely since it allows military conscription and the imposition of limited duties to carry out public works.

While the question process can first appear to be quite simple, the expert system tool shows a high degree of autonomy and will steer a client through certain bespoke branches of questions until it has got all the answers it needs to provide the client with a provisional statement in relation to the Modern Slavery Act, which the British Government made law in part to prevent companies exploiting forced labour, often via foreign suppliers.

Recent ILO research indicates that forced labour affects at least 1.3 million people in Latin America.

In - depth field research in the rural areas of Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru, has confirmed earlier perceptions that indigenous people are particularly vulnerable to a form of forced labour called debt bondage.

As a student, Glenn oversaw the law school's pro bono program for self - represented litigants at the Superior Court of Justice, assisted refugees in obtaining legal status in Canada and studied forced labour litigation in China, Japan, and South Korea.

As an international business with global supply chains, we adopt the international law definitions of forced labour [1] and human trafficking [2] to frame our response to modern slavery as part of our Responsible Business strategy and in fulfilling our responsibilities under the Act.

For this purpose, the military deployed or provided forced labour, conscripted under Eritrea's National Service Program,» said the ruling.

RAF bombing raids in Syria took a step closer tonight after Jeremy Corbyn backed down on plans to force Labour MPs to oppose military action.