{"id":34599,"date":"2018-10-31T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T06:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34599"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:07:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T06:37:39","slug":"india-plans-a-riposte-to-slavery-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-plans-a-riposte-to-slavery-report\/","title":{"rendered":"India plans a riposte to slavery report:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/india-plans-a-riposte-to-slavery-report\/article19864143.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India plans a riposte to slavery report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India sends a refutation to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) challenging India\u2019s ranking in a global slavery report.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The country will now build pressure on the global body to distance itself from the Australian-based NGO-Walk Free Foundation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Why is India against the report?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has raised question about why the International Labour Organization (ILO) tied up with Walk Free Foundation \u00a0(WFF) to produce a report on \u2018modern slavery\u2019, <\/span><b>a term ILO hasn\u2019t so far defined <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in its own convention.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ILO, <\/span><b>without following any protocol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, endorsed WFF\u2019s survey.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is Modern Slavery?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modern slavery refers to situations where one person has taken away another person\u2019s freedom.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their freedom to control their body, their freedom to choose to refuse certain work or to stop working so that they can be exploited.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom is taken away by threats, violence, coercion, abuse of power and deception.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is International Labour Organization (ILO)?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a <\/span><b>United Nations agency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It deals with labour problems, particularly international labour standards, social protection, and work opportunities for all. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, the ILO registers complaints against entities that are violating international rules.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Member States:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The ILO has 187 member states: 186 of the 193 UN member states plus the Cook Islands are members of the ILO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is Walk Free Foundation (WFF)?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Walk Free Foundation is a <\/span><b>global organization.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It makes an attempt to end contemporary slavery and human trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More specifically, it is known for its Global Slavery Index.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is Global Slavery Index?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Global Slavery Index presents an annual ranking of 167 countries based on the percentage of a country\u2019s population that is estimated to be in modern slavery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Three key variable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It includes data on three key variables:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prevalence of modern slavery in each country,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vulnerability and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government responses to modern slavery.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is India\u2019s position in the recent Global Slavery Index?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2016 Global Slavery Index estimates that <\/span><b>45.8 million people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are subject to some form of modern slavery in the world today.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, India has been ranked <\/span><b>4<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> out of 167 countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top three countries were <\/span><b>North Korea, Uzbekistan and Cambodia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, it was deemed to have some 18.3 million people trapped in slavery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, about 1.4% of the population working under coercive conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Where is India lagging behind?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The long-term structural weakness of India\u2019s economic reform has been the <\/span><b>inability to expand the market for jobs in sync with its demographic growth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of these new-age slaves are <\/span><b>women and children<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the most vulnerable sections on the frontline of economic slowdown and poverty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase in number of slaves every year is due to the <\/span><b>rank failure of India\u2019s law enforcement institutions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India plans a riposte to slavery report:\u00a0 Context: India sends a refutation to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) challenging India\u2019s ranking in a global slavery report. The country will now build pressure on the global body to distance itself from the Australian-based NGO-Walk Free Foundation. Why is India against the report? 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