Forced labour, A modern day slavery Mr Thirunavukkarasu1, Dr Katta Ashok Kumar2 1Assistant Professor and Research scholar, Vels School of law, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, (Deemed to be University), Chennai, India 2Associate Professor at Vels School of Management Studies, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, (Deemed to be University), Chennai, India Online published on 5 August, 2019. Abstract Every person in this world is entitled with freedom, and right to work. But there are many people from whom their freedom s snatched away and are forced into labour, against their will. They are either threated or abducted and sometimes made to fall into debts to trick them into forced/constrained labour. This article, forced labour, a modern day slavery deals with the aspects of forced labour and the way it affects the lives of people by taking away even their basic human rights, this gives a general outline on the topic of forced labour and also then looks into how this forced labour is being eradicated and the steps taken by the ILO in the frm of conventions, and the actions of its member nations, and the UN's help. This then ends with the conclusion about the forced labour how it has affected the people and why forced labour happens the benefits of the employers through forced labours. Top Keywords Forced labour, Slavery, Exploitation, International labour organization, Conventions. Top |