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What are common examples of human rights violations in different countries?
Why do some governments violate human rights?
How can organizations help stop human rights violations?
Right to freedom
Right to freedom
Bonded labor is the violation of a fundamental freedom, as it imposes the obligation to work coercively to an extent that a person cannot leave one's employer until an often impossible debt is paid. It is a modern form of slavery in itself.
Right to Fair Wages and Decent Work
Right to Fair Wages and Decent Work
They are paid with wages lower than the minimum wages, if paid at all, for their long hours and the level of suffering they experience at the workplace. This deprivation itself counts towards the violation of their rights to proper remuneration and to safe equal working environments according to international labor standards.
Right to education
Right to education
Most children belonging to families under bondage do not receive education as they have to work with their parents to reduce household debt. This is a vicious cycle of poverty and exploitation, their right to education and development violated.
The map
The map
Bonded labour remains a serious issue in India, especially in agriculture, brick kilns, and textiles. It mostly affects marginalized groups like Dalits and Adivasis, who are trapped by debts they cannot repay. Although the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act of 1976 exists, weak enforcement allows the problem to persist. Poverty and caste discrimination worsen the situation, making India a major centre for bonded labour.
Soulutions
Soulutions
o eliminate bonded labor in India, strict enforcement of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act of 1976 will have to accompany the provision of alternative livelihoods and education avenues for economic empowerment that enlighten people on their rights and anti-caste discrimination policy. Rescued people should then be rehabilitated through shelter, financial help, and vocational training. The International Justice Mission (IJM), Free the Slaves, and Bachpan Bachao Andolan-led by Kailash Satyarthi-are organizations that concern themselves in such pursuits as rescuing victims of the offences they suffered, preventing possible incidences of trafficking, punishing perpetrators of the acts, and empowering communities to deter such violations and eventually end the prevailing cycle of exploitation.
https://www.antislavery.org/reports-and-resources/research-reports/bonded-labour-reports/
https://idronline.org/article/social-justice/why-does-india-still-have-a-bonded-labour-problem/
https://lawcrust.com/bonded-labour-in-india/
https://fxb.harvard.edu/2016/03/31/ending-forced-labor-in-india-what-does-it-take/
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