{"id":54763,"date":"2024-06-11T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/let-us-stand-against-modern-slavery\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:32:31","slug":"rise-against-modern-slavery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/rise-against-modern-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"RISE AGAINST MODERN SLAVERY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Slavery is one of the ways to cause the most harm to a person, as it deprives them of that valuable treasure called freedom, which according to science is correlated with happiness. Furthermore, the individual is objectified and mistreated to achieve their submission. <\/p>

Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING!: Respect the freedom of others<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>

This scourge has gone hand in hand with humanity for thousands of years, at least from the Neolithic to the present day, where it is estimated that there are still at least 50 million slaves.<\/p>

The ones we know best are those of the Roman Empire and the one exercised by European Christians against Africans. In the former, a significant portion of the population was subjected to slavery, representing tens of millions of slaves over the centuries. In the second case, it is estimated that 12.5 million Africans were transported in slave ships, of whom 10.7 million reached the Americas. <\/p>

But there have also been others on a large scale, such as that exercised by Muslim Arabs over other ethnic groups: more than 17 million slaves, 9 million of whom were sub-Saharan. These individuals were forced to cross the Sahara Desert on foot to be sold in the north, although more than 2 million did not survive the harsh journey. In general, it has been universal across all continents for millennia. <\/p>

Since the end of the 18th century, thanks to the Enlightenment and its materialization in the French Revolution and other liberal revolutions, it has been prohibited and combated in more and more places. For this reason, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states the following: <\/p>

“Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”<\/p>

Despite this, this grave violation of human rights continues to exist, especially in third-world countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Mauritania, but also in the first world. The most prominent forms of modern slavery are human trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage, and sexual slavery. <\/p>

1.- HUMAN TRAFFICKING<\/strong><\/p>

This consists of the recruitment, transportation, and exploitation of individuals through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. According to the United Nations Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, it is estimated that nearly 25 million people are victims of this, especially in countries like Nigeria, the Philippines, or Russia. Women and children are the most affected. <\/p>

2.- FORCED LABOR<\/strong><\/p>

The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that around 25 million people are subjected to it, especially in countries like China or Brazil. The sectors where this abuse occurs most frequently are agriculture, construction, industry, and fishing. <\/p>

Victims are often lured by the promise of legitimate employment, only to find exploitative working conditions, low or non-existent wages, and the inability to escape due to the threat of violence or reprisals.<\/p>

Occasionally, forced labor takes place in prisons. It is fair to require prisoners to pay the cost of their housing and maintenance (it is not equitable for the taxpayer to pay if the former are able to do so), as well as compensation to their victims for the damages and losses caused to them. <\/p>

If they do not have sufficient financial resources for this, it is fair to require them to work to achieve it, like any other mortal. However, like anyone else, they must have reasonable working hours and conditions. This has important advantages for the inmates: <\/p>