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Sinclair, James --- "Outsourcing and bonded labour in military and diplomatic security services" [2019] ELECD 1140; in Martin-Ortega, Olga; Methven O'Brien, Claire (eds), "Public Procurement and Human Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 151

Book Title: Public Procurement and Human Rights

Editor(s): Martin-Ortega, Olga; Methven O’Brien, Claire

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 9

Section Title: Outsourcing and bonded labour in military and diplomatic security services

Author(s): Sinclair, James

Number of pages: 14

Abstract/Description:

This chapter explores the nature and scope of bonded labour in the context of UK military and diplomatic outsourcing during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. It identifies some of the policy changes that have sought to address the problem and explores how and why the many positive political and legal developments have not translated into meaningful practical change. It concludes that there is lack of political will to engage in effective oversight of contractors and that as a result, workers deep in government funded supply chains are vulnerable to illegal and unethical exploitation.