Australia's Modern Slavery Act: challenges for a post-COVID world?
Fellows, Jamie, and Chong, Mark David (2020) Australia's Modern Slavery Act: challenges for a post-COVID world? Alternative Law Journal, 45 (3). pp. 209-214.
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Abstract
When the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) struck in early 2020, the Commonwealth government eased reporting deadlines and extended the date for firms required to submit modern slavery statements under Australia's Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth). The economic recession caused by COVID-19 has produced the necessary conditions for further exploitation and enslavement of vulnerable individuals. This article asserts that, even without COVID-19, the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) in its current form will do little to address forms of modern slavery such as sexual exploitation, forced marriage, trafficking and domestic servitude. This is because the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) primarily targets labour exploitation and requires suppliers to voluntarily disclose their involvement with modern slavery.
| Item ID: | 64354 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2398-9084 |
| Keywords: | Modern slavery, law reform, COVID-19, coronavirus and the law, anti-slavery, corporations |
| Copyright Information: | © The Author(s) 2020 |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2020 23:06 |
| FoR Codes: | 48 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 4807 Public law > 480703 Domestic human rights law @ 50% 48 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 4805 Legal systems > 480501 Access to justice @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9404 Justice and the Law > 940405 Law Reform @ 50% 94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9404 Justice and the Law > 940407 Legislation, Civil and Criminal Codes @ 50% |
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