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Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences

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by IDWFED — published Jun 18, 2010 12:00 AM
Contributors: Gulnara Shahinian/Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations
Following a brief overview of activities, the Special Rapporteur focuses on the manifestations and causes of domestic servitude and issues recommendations on how to end this global human rights concern.

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Activity or Event Report

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Contents

I. Introduction

II.    Activities of the mandate
A. Country visits
B. Other activities

III.   Domestic servitude: A global human rights concern
A.      Domestic work: Between opportunity and vulnerability
B.      Manifestations of domestic servitude and domestic slavery
C.      Root causes of domestic servitude
D.      The international framework: Once again overlooking the “private” sphere? 

IV. Conclusions and recommendations.

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http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Slavery/SRSlavery/Pages/SRSlaveryIndex.aspx
 
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