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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967295303321

Autore

Sislin John <1965->

Titolo

Approaches to reducing the use of forced or child labor : summary of a workshop on assessing practice / / John Sislin and Kara Murphy, Rapporteurs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612412486

9780309146050

0309146054

9781282412484

1282412485

9780309145299

0309145295

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MurphyKara

Disciplina

331.31

Soggetti

Forced labor

Child labor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""1  INTRODUCTION""; ""2  SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP""; ""3  ASSESSING THE CONTEXT OF CHILD AND FORCED LABOR""; ""4  ILLUSTRATIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES""; ""5  CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT""; ""6  WRAP-UP""; ""Appendix A Committee Member Biographies""; ""Appendix B Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix C Speaker Biographies""; ""Appendix D Workshop Participants""; ""Appendix E Definitions of Child and Forced Labor""; ""Appendix F Illustrative Examples of Business Practices""; ""Appendix G Submissions to the Workshop""; ""Appendix H Submissions following the Workshop""

Sommario/riassunto

Globally, child labor and forced labor are widespread and complex problems. They are conceptually different phenomena, requiring different policy responses, though they may also overlap in practice. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) was designed to reduce the use of child and forced labor in the production of goods consumed in the United States. The Act was reauthorized in 2003,



2005, and 2008.  In response to provisions of TVPA, the the Bureau of International Labor Affairs requested that the National Research Council organize a two-day workshop. The workshop, summarized in this volume, discusses methods for identifying and organizing a standard set of practices that will reduce the likelihood that persons will use forced labor or child labor to produce goods, with a focus on business and governmental practices.