The Rights Track

In Episode 4 of The Rights Track, Todd asks Kevin Bales, Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the University of Hull, about modern day slavery, the challenges in identifying and counting victims, his work on the Global Slavery Index and how it’s used to hold Governments and countries to account over the problem. He also discusses his book, Blood and Earth in which he looks at how modern day slavery and climate change intersect. Here are some notes and links on their discussion: 00.00-6.20 mins Why it’s important to measure slavery and why it’s a major challenge to do so The advances and pushes that have taken place in the last decade to account for slavery Some historical context around the abolition of slavery The importance of understanding and agreeing a core definition of modern day slavery rather than enumerating examples of it An interesting example of how slavery can operate in India 6.20-11.00 mins The Global Slavery Index - what it is and what it tells us about the prevalence of slavery in the wor