Cameron Thibos is the managing editor of Beyond Trafficking and Slavery. He is a former research associate at the Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and holds a D.Phil from the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: outsourcing
Outsourcing allows big brands to distance themselves from big human rights abuses, including forced labour.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: concentrated corporate power and ownership
Multinational corporations are becoming increasingly powerful – and this has serious implications for workers at the...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: restrictive mobility regimes
Border restrictions are often justified as measures to protect migrants from "trafficking", but borders actually...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: limited labour protection
Freedom from forced labour depends on workers' ability to access labour protections. Why are so many them unable to do so?
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: identity and discrimination
Social discrimination based on race, caste, gender and other factors is a crucial component of the forced labour equation.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: poverty
Poverty isn’t just about lacking money – it interacts with the demands of the market society to shape people’s...