G20 COUNTRIES INCLUDING INDIA ARE FUELLING MODERN SLAVERY, SAYS NEW REPORT Flashcards
50 million people are living in conditons of modern slavery — a ………… rise over the last fve years,
says a new report.
25 %
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
india
………………… on May 24 released the Global Slavery Index 2023,
Rights group Walk Free Foundaton
measure condition of …….countries
160 countries
data it uses ……..
data released by
the Internatonal Labour Organisaton (ILO), Walk Free, and the Internatonal Organisaton
for Migraton (IOM)
Internatonal day for aboliton of
slavery is on ….
2 dec
World Day Against Trafcking in Persons is on ……..
30th july
- Estmates show that ………. people were living in conditons of modern slavery on any
given day in 2021.
50 million
: The countries with the highest prevalence are
North Korea (104.6), Eritrea (90.3),
and Mauritania (32.0)
The countries with the lowest prevalence are
Switzerland (0.5), Norway (0.5), and
Germany (0.6)
The global slavery index measures modern slavery on the basis of 3 factors
prevalence, Vulnerability and government
Most vulnerable country is …………… [100] and the least vulnerable is
…………… [1].
republic of sudan
norway
India got a score of ……..IN THE INDEX IN TERMS OF VERNABILITY
56
On the basis of government response,……… ranked the highest with a score of 68
and …………… ranked last with a score of 3.
UK
NORTH KOREA
India got a score of ……….IN TERMS OF GOVT. RESPONSE
46
Bonded Labour Aboliton Act of
1976
non-payment of minimum wages amounts to
“forced labour” under…………… of the Consttuton.
ARTICLE 23
……………. [ending forced labour and modern slavery
SDG 8.7
Artcle 24
prohibits the employment of children (below the age of fourteen years) in
factories, etc
India has ratfed the United Natons Conventon on Transnatonal Organised Crime
(UNCTOC)
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
United Natons Conventon
Against Transnatonal Organized Crime (UNTOC, also called
the Palermo Conventon) is a
2000 United Natons-sponsored
multlateral treaty against transnatonal organized crime
The conventon was adopted by a resoluton of the United
Natons General Assembly on …………………..
15 November 2000.
INDIA JOINED UNTOC IN
India
joined on 12 December 2002
The UNTOC Conventon came into force on
29 SEPT 2003
