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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Manifestations and causes of domestic servitude 2010, para. 97 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Domestic workers have made impressive gains in organizing themselves across the globe. More efforts are needed, however, to empower individual workers. The Special Rapporteur recommends:] States should abolish all legal or factual obstacles preventing domestic workers from exercising their human right to freely associate, including in trade unions. | Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
| 2010 | |||
Manifestations and causes of domestic servitude 2010, para. 49 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Restrictions of domestic workers' human rights to freedom of movement and residence can also be indicators for dependency. In some cases, domestic workers are forced to live with their employers and locked into the house virtually 24 hours a day. This is not only a violation, but also means that they are isolated, unable to report exploitation to the authorities and incapable of obtaining support from peers, friends or labour union representatives. | Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
| 2010 | |||
Servile marriage 2012, para. 96 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Legislation should allow for marriages concluded under force to be made void, annulled or dissolved without undue burden placed on the victims of such marriages. | Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
| 2012 |
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