Thailand 's Fishing Industry : A Global Standard For Human Rights

Human trafficking has been a controversial issue for many years. There are different types of trafficking, which helps makes it a widely diverse issue. In Thailand, traffickers rely on the poor desperate people of other countries as well as their own to fulfill their needs financially, physically, and emotionally. Thailand has various reasons why they use human trafficking; sex exploitation, forced labor, and obtaining their organs for an organ transplant. Sex exploitation has been used by mainly men for a long time. They choose both women and children to violate, sometimes even men. The prettier the woman is the more she is worth. All men, woman, and children could be forced into labor. This varies from what the owner wants from them. People can also choose to go and work for them because they think this is their only way of making money, but they usually do not see much of it. Finally, others purchase them just for their organs. There are very long waiting lists on some organs, by the time one comes about the person in need of the organ has already passed away. There are a number of steps and reasons that are involved in human trafficking. With all of these issues of; sex exploitations, and forced labor, and organ trafficking, the trafficked can become physically and mentally injured.

On a global political stand point there was a uniting of ideas and governments; what we know today as the United Nations (UN). One of the main ideas which the UN has grown up around is ‘The individual possess rights simply by virtue of being Human’ (The Universal Declaration of human rights); which was adopted by the general assembly in 10th December 1948. This statement is reflect in the core principles

Victims, both men, and women, are being forced to work 10-12 hour days, 6-7 days per week with little or no breaks in between. Victims are also trafficked into garment industry jobs such as sewing, assembling, pressing, and more. Some of these companies are brands that we use every day such as Nike, Apple, Walmart, and more. Some others may be forced into food processing operations, and more. Industries all around the world are all affected by the growing problem of human trafficking, specifically forced labor, but also the idea of human sex trafficking.

The two articles that I chose to explore are U.S Closing a Loophole on Products Tied to Slaves from, The New York Times, and Human trafficking survivor: ‘We need jobs, not pity’, from CNN.com. The article titled U.S Closing a Loophole on Products Tied to Slaves from, is about forced labor on Thai boats. Cambodian migrants, which included children that are enslaved and made to catch fish, which is then turned into pet food and sold to Americans. A man by the name of Lang Long was found shackled by the neck during his three years of captivity at sea. The problem is about 90 percent of seafood for humans and pet consumption in the United States is imported, so these sort of ships still exists in Thailand. President Obama will sign legislation

Before the lawsuit was filed by California residents, news came out in 2014, reporting Nestlé supported Thai supplier that uses slave labor, and the Fancy Feast cat food was the product of slave labor (Urbina, 2014). After the re-emergence of the problem, the company was immediately immersed in public opinion eddy. Besides the huge influence of the company, another reason that this lawsuit case had got much attention is that this case was reported one week after another lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp., which was accused of selling farmed shrimp from a Thailand supplier that also has slave labor and human trafficking problem (Burnson & Pettersson, 2015).” Seems like these problems in Thailand fishing industry were widespread,

The universal character of human rights is based on the belief that human rights are natural attribute of human beings. The social-cultural and political conditions of the people do not define human rights. The UN general assembly (United Nations, 1948) proclaims the Universal declaration of Human Rights

According to Child Labor and Slavery in the Chocolate Industry, ( n.d,) West Africa supplies up to 70% of the global supply of cocoa which is used by the world’s preeminent chocolate manufacturers. Unfortunately, stakeholders claim that the cocoa farmers are poorly paid and have resorted to child labor in order to stay competitive. West Africa has a plethora of poor families that are willing to allow their children to work and the children themselves are lured by promises of high pay. Furthermore, it is alleged that children as young as five have been sold to the cocoa farmers, that work them mercilessly from sunup till sundown in

Forced labor is an inadmissible form of purposeful human activity in any legal state. At the same time, we have to state that, despite the fact that human rights and freedoms are universally recognized as the highest value, coercion to work is a reality of the 21st century. At present, such phenomenon as forced labor exists and actively evolves both in developing and industrialized states. Until now, no country in the world can declare the absence on its territory of coercion to

But only in a couple of years later, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Rights was born from one of the United Nations’ conventions (Universal Declaration of Rights). The Universal Declaration of Rights settled the ground base for human rights across the globe, and it was only possible after international collaboration in one of the institutions that best represents and promotes the globalization process. Therefore, the link between human rights and the globalization process, in my opinion, is not only a matter of influence from the later into the former, but a desirable and inevitable consequence of the

In 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved by the United Nations and an international minimum standard for protection of individual basic rights and freedoms. It covers four major categories: equality, life and security, personal freedom, and economic, social and cultural

Thailand is a source, destination, and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking (USDOS). Thailand and other surrounding countries have high unemployment rates. With no jobs and the need for money, many women look for jobs abroad. With promises of finding a stable job, from which they will be able to provide for their family, they embark on a journey to a new country where they

The document is under the 1815 Declaration Relative to the Universal Abolition of the Slave Trade. The Universal Declaration was introduced by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948. Driven by the understandings of the previous world wars, the Universal Declaration was a first, having all the countries agree on a comprehensive statement of indisputable human rights . The Universal Declaration initiates by identifying that ‘the inherent dignity of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.’ It declares that human rights are widespread, letting all of society to know that people must be enjoyed by all individuals, no matter who they are or where they live .The

Every year, Thailand experiences high rates of human trafficking from its rural parts and from its the neighboring countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. Sex trafficking is not just described as the trade in humans for sexual slavery but also consists of forced marriages or even martyr organ donors. Trafficking is often seen through the hue of sexual slavery and it is critical to understand the social, political and economic reasons that contribute to the growth of human trafficking in Thailand. Since the Vietnam War, sex trafficking has been on a constant rise due to foreign troops being the very first clients to sex workers, there has been a perception of Thailand as a sought of after destination for

In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly declared in article three:

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the unique and an important document which is translated into different languages all over world. It is based upon idea of promoting freedom, justice and peace for all the people and societies across world. It provides a set of uniform standards that were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with the support of forty-eight countries to establish a world with justice and equality.