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Forced labour

Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, or violence, including death or other forms of extreme hardship to either themselves or members of their families.

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Payment for unfree labour

Modern day unfree labour

Trafficking

Forms of unfree labour

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Forced labour

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Avg. degree1.99
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Forced labour

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related to External links · 36
Forced labour → Alleging Captive Labor, Associated Press, Autumn, BBCChina's Forced Labour Camps, BBCSex, Bureau, Citizenship, Department, Donna Baines, Fight Human Traffickingeliminating Forced, Foreign Students Walk Out, GIFT Archived, Global Initiative, Hershey Plant Democracy Now, International Labor Affairs, Labor Archived, LaborSlavery, Laogai Research FoundationThe ILO, Migrant Workers, Nandita Sharma
see also · 13
Forced labour → Combat Forced LabourSexual, Construction, CoolieComing, Dubai, FL, France, German, Germans, ILO Special Action Programme, United StatesList, World War II, World War IIForced, World War IIGulagHuman
related to International conventions · 8
Forced labour → Abolition, Child Labour Convention, Forced Labour Convention, ILO, Minimum Age Convention, No, OHCHR, Worst Forms
related to Definition · 5
Forced labour → However, ILO, ILO Forced Labour Convention, International Labour Organization, Many
related to Permitted by the Forced Labour Convention of 1930 · 2
Forced labour → Forced Labour Convention, Some

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labour forced slavery forms unfree work ilo service convention countries people camps war military million german system many workers form

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the military protection of the lord.Truck systemA truck systeminstance ofand have rights0.80text
in the specific sense in which the term is used by labour historiansinstance ofand have rights0.80text
refers to an unpopular or even exploitative form of payment associated with smallinstance ofand have rights0.80text
isolated and/or rural communitiesinstance ofand have rights0.80text
in which workers or self-employed small producers are paid in eitherinstance ofand have rights0.80text
cancellation of a debtinstance ofor these essentials in addition to limited benefits0.80text
or transportation to a desired country.Contemporary illegal forced labourWhile historically unfree labour was frequently sanctioned by lawinstance ofor these essentials in addition to limited benefits0.80text
in the present day most unfree labour now revolves around illegal control rather than legal ownershipinstance ofor these essentials in addition to limited benefits0.80text
as all countries have made slavery illegal.Permitted by the Forced Labour Convention of 1930Some forms of forced labour are not prohibited by the Forced Labour Convention of 1930.Civil conscriptionSome countries practise forms of civil conscription for different major occupational groups or inhabitants under different denominations like civil conscriptioninstance ofor these essentials in addition to limited benefits0.80text
civil mobilizationinstance ofor these essentials in addition to limited benefits0.80text
political mobilisation etcinstance ofor these essentials in addition to limited benefits0.80text
the military protection of the lordinstance ofand have rights0.80text

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