G20 COUNTRIES INCLUDING INDIA ARE FUELLING MODERN SLAVERY, SAYS NEW REPORT Flashcards

1
Q

50 million people are living in conditons of modern slavery — a ………… rise over the last fve years,
says a new report.

A

25 %

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2
Q

Among the G20
natons, ………. tops the list with 11 million people working as forced labourers, followed by China,
Russia, Indonesia, Turkey and the U.S

A

india

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3
Q

………………… on May 24 released the Global Slavery Index 2023,

A

Rights group Walk Free Foundaton

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4
Q

measure condition of …….countries

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160 countries

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5
Q

data it uses ……..

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data released by
the Internatonal Labour Organisaton (ILO), Walk Free, and the Internatonal Organisaton
for Migraton (IOM)

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6
Q

Internatonal day for aboliton of
slavery is on ….

A

2 dec

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7
Q

World Day Against Trafcking in Persons is on ……..

A

30th july

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8
Q
  • Estmates show that ………. people were living in conditons of modern slavery on any
    given day in 2021.
A

50 million

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9
Q

: The countries with the highest prevalence are

A

North Korea (104.6), Eritrea (90.3),
and Mauritania (32.0)

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10
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The countries with the lowest prevalence are

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Switzerland (0.5), Norway (0.5), and
Germany (0.6)

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11
Q

The global slavery index measures modern slavery on the basis of 3 factors

A

prevalence, Vulnerability and government

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12
Q

Most vulnerable country is …………… [100] and the least vulnerable is
…………… [1].

A

republic of sudan
norway

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13
Q

India got a score of ……..IN THE INDEX IN TERMS OF VERNABILITY

A

56

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14
Q

On the basis of government response,……… ranked the highest with a score of 68
and …………… ranked last with a score of 3.

A

UK
NORTH KOREA

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India got a score of ……….IN TERMS OF GOVT. RESPONSE

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46

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16
Q

Bonded Labour Aboliton Act of

A

1976

17
Q

non-payment of minimum wages amounts to
“forced labour” under…………… of the Consttuton.

A

ARTICLE 23

18
Q

……………. [ending forced labour and modern slavery

A

SDG 8.7

19
Q

Artcle 24

A

prohibits the employment of children (below the age of fourteen years) in
factories, etc

20
Q

India has ratfed the United Natons Conventon on Transnatonal Organised Crime
(UNCTOC)

A

UNTOC’s three supplementary protocols (the Palermo Protocols) are:
*Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafcking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children.
*Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea
and Air.
*Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and
Trafcking in Firearms

21
Q

United Natons Conventon
Against Transnatonal Organized Crime (UNTOC, also called
the Palermo Conventon) is a

A

2000 United Natons-sponsored
multlateral treaty against transnatonal organized crime

22
Q

The conventon was adopted by a resoluton of the United
Natons General Assembly on …………………..

A

15 November 2000.

23
Q

INDIA JOINED UNTOC IN

A

India
joined on 12 December 2002

24
Q

The UNTOC Conventon came into force on

A

29 SEPT 2003

25
Q

Ant-Trafcking Nodal Cell was set up in the Ministry of Home Afairs (MHA) in

A

2006

26
Q

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Bangladesh

A

2015

27
Q

ILO FOUNDED

A

Founded in October 1919 under the League of Natons, it is
the frst and oldest specialised agencies of the UN.

28
Q

ILO MEMBERS

A

The ILO has 187 member states: 186 out of 193 UN member
states plus the Cook Islands.

29
Q

ILO HEADQAUTERED

A

GENEVA , SWITZERLAND

30
Q

ILO WON NOBLE PRIZE ?

A

won the Nobel peace prize in 1969

31
Q

ILO director general is

A

Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo.

32
Q

The ILO has…………. conventons which form an integral part of
the United Natons Human Rights Framework.

A

8 CORE

33
Q

WHICH EDITON IS IT

A

*Fifth editon: The recently published Global Slavery Index
is the ffh editon and is based on the estmates from
2022