All items: Prohibition of slavery and forced labour

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  R (on the application of Reilly and another) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2012] EWHC 2292 (Admin) HC (1 report relating to this case)

  • High Court rules Government's unpaid jobseeker schemes to be lawful

    Date:

    6 August 2012

    The High Court has held that two government schemes in which individuals who are on jobseeker's allowance are given unpaid placements are lawful and not a breach of participants' human rights. 

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  Van der Mussele v Belgium [1983] ECHR 13 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Van der Mussele v Belgium

    Date:

    31 December 1984

    In Van der Mussele v Belgium [1983] ECHR 13, the European Court of Human Rights held that a requirement for pupil lawyers to undertake pro bono work was not in breach of their right under Article 4(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights not to be required to perform forced or compulsory labour.