02/12/2020
2 December 2020 (ILO)* – Highlighting the tragic human cost of modern slavery, El Patron tells the real-life story of an illiterate man, called Hermógenes, from the Argentinian countryside who finds himself trapped in forced labour after he goes to work in a butcher’s shop in the capital, Buenos Aires.
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02/12/2020
By UN Secretary-General António Guterres*
2 December 2020 (United Nations)* — This year’s global protests against systemic racism have brought renewed attention to a legacy of injustices all over the world whose roots lie in the dark history of colonialism and slavery.
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Secretary-General António Guterres (second from right) approaches the stakeout area to read a statement to journalists concerning allegations of slavery in Libya in 2017. UN Photo /Mark Garten
But slavery is not simply a matter of history.
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02/12/2020
Hundreds of families with young children work and live in these brickyards near Islamabad – often under conditions of bonded labour. PHOTO:ILO / Marcel Crozet
2 December 2020 (United Nations)* — According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) more than 40 million people worldwide are victims of modern slavery. Although modern slavery is not defined in law, it is used as an umbrella term covering practices such as forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage, and human trafficking. Essentially, it refers to situations of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, deception, and/or abuse of power.
In addition, more than 150 million children are subject to child labour, accounting for almost one in ten children around the world.
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02/12/2020
By Robert J. Burrowes*
Do you like to believe that scientists are studying the evidence – whether in relation to Covid-19 or anything else – and delivering high quality knowledge that can be used to guide public policymaking so that it might better serve the interests of ordinary people?
Robert J. Burrowes
It is certainly a comforting idea, isn’t it?
After all, we have long been told that science is an ‘evidence-based approach’ to understanding particular phenomena and thus providing accurate guidance on how to proceed to achieve productive outcomes.
Unfortunately, this claim is just propaganda for the unwary.
In his 2005 study of the validity of published medical research, John P. A. Ioannidis, a professor of medicine who also studies scientific research itself, explained why ‘It can be proven that most claimed research findings are false.’ Most? False? Here is what Professor Ioannidis concluded but you can read his entire article, cited below.
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