Criminology Seminar Series - Modern Slavery and Structures of Exploitation
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Modern Slavery and Structures of Exploitation
Speaker: Professor Virginia Mantouvalou (UCL)
Abstract: How does the law deal with labour exploitation? In this talk, I will focus on two different answers to this question. One is found in the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which aims to tackle the most extreme forms of labour exploitation by criminalising individuals who exploit workers. The Modern Slavery Act model has serious limitations. This is mainly because it sits alongside legislation that creates or sustains workers’ vulnerability to exploitation. Examples where the law creates or sustains vulnerability to exploitation include legislation on migrant domestic workers and those who work in prison or immigration detention. The second answer to the question of how the law deals with labour exploitation comes from human rights. Human rights law can address some instances of workers’ exploitation by focusing on the responsibility of the state. This normative function of human rights law is important. It helps hold state authorities accountable for creating structures of labour exploitation that are becoming all the more standard and routine.
This is a Birkbeck Centre for Political Economy and Institutional Studies (CPEIS) event.
About the Criminology Seminar Series
In line with the School of Law, Birkbeck's research and teaching ethos, the Criminology Seminar Series aims to provide a platform for critical and interdisciplinary research, showcasing prominent and path-breaking research on crime, criminal justice and related themes by scholars from within and beyond Birkbeck. The series is convened by Dr Sappho Xenakis, School of Law, Birkbeck.
Attendance to the events is free but registration is required. Talks from the 2020/21 series will be available for download via the website. Find out more about the series here. The hashtag for the event is #BBKCrimSeries.
This event is open to the public and free to attend however booking is required via this page. The event will be hosted on Collaborate, a free to access website. You will be sent a link to access the event upon registration.
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