| Description |
1 online resource (142 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Methodology and Structure; Part 2 The Legal Framework; 2.1 Recognizing the existence of the problem; 2.2 Slave labour in Brazil; Figure 1 Productive activities of estates found employing workerskept in conditions analogous to slavery in Brazil; 2.3 Forced labour in international law; 2.4 Forced labour in domestic law; 2.5.1 Violation of labour legislation; 2.5 Other relevant legislation; 2.5.2 Damage to the environment; Figure 2 Deforestation arch in the Amazon Region; 2.5.3 Internal trafficking of workers; 2.6 Penalties |
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2.7 Jurisprudence2.8 Legal challenges: impunity and ignorance of rights; Part 3 Context and Structural Causes; 3.1 Historical causes: slavery in colonial times; 3.2 Access to land: concentration of land ownership; 3.3 Poverty and Forced Labour; Table 1 Distribution of households by per capita household income; Brazil, 2006; Table 2 Distribution of the population by per capita householdincome; Brazil, 2006; 3.3.1 Illegal occ |
| Summary |
This book shows how Brazil is leading the way for the rest of Latin America in fighting forced labour |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Forced labor -- Brazil
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Forced labor
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Brazil
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789221222934 |
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9221222934 |
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9221222926 |
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9789221222927 |
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