Forced labour, servitude and slavery in Europe according to the productive sectors: critical analysis of the scope of the case law of article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights

  • Borja Fernández Burgueño
Keywords: forced labour, servitude, slavery, economic sector, productive sector, ECHR

Abstract

This paper analyses the developments and scope of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights on article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights according to the three economic sectors: primary, secondary and tertiary. Based on the hypothetico-deductive model, the following two questions are discussed: (1) “the effective scope of article 4 of the ECHR varies significantly between each economic sector with no correlation between the level of development of the case-law and the number of victims of forced or compulsory labour, servitude and slavery in each sector” and (2) “the small number of cases relating to article 4 of the ECHR has barred the ECtHR from determining the effective scope of its terms”. This article concludes by proving the accuracy of the former premise and qualifying the latter.

doi: https://doi.org/10.20318/universitas.2017.3558

 

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2017-01-17
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Fernández Burgueño, B. (2017). Forced labour, servitude and slavery in Europe according to the productive sectors: critical analysis of the scope of the case law of article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights. UNIVERSITAS. Revista De Filosofía, Derecho Y Política, (25), 90-138. Retrieved from https://e-revistas.uc3m.es/index.php/UNIV/article/view/3558
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