11-10-2018 09:00
Hearing on contemporary forms of slavery in third countries

PHS 4B001
DROI
Contemporary forms of slavery © EP

On 11 October the Subcommittee on Human Rights will hold a hearing on contemporary forms of slavery in third countries, which will address the many practices of contemporary slavery such as forced labour, debt bondage, serfdom, child labour, sexual slavery and servile forms of marriage. Experts will also discuss the root causes of slavery and ways in which to effectively eradicate slavery in all its forms.