Offences against foreign domestic workers in Singapore: Vindicating the victim’s right to dignity

• المؤلف الرئيسي: ONG, Benjamin Joshua
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• الموضوعات: Singapore; foreign domestic workers; foreign maids; human dignity; Asian Studies; Workers' Compensation Law
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2401; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4359/viewcontent/Offences_Against_Foreign_Domestic_Workers_in_Singapore__Vindicating_The_Victim_s_Right_to_Dignity___OHRH.pdf
• المؤسسة: Singapore Management University

The High Court of Singapore recently increased the sentences of two employers who had starved their foreign domestic worker, causing serious physical injury. In so doing, the court affirmed the victim’s right to human dignity despite the relative leniency of the charge. This case prompts reflection...