“Insensitive advertising” of foreign domestic workers in Singapore: a violation of human dignity

Author

Benjamin Joshua ONG, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Blog Post

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

12-2018

Abstract

Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower has suspended the licence of an employment agency for advertising the services of foreign domestic workers in an “insensitive” manner which portrayed the workers as a “commodity that can be bought and sold”. It also prosecuted the agency and the employee responsible for the advertisements; the employee has pleaded guilty. The Ministry’s actions are a welcome development in the evolution of the concept of a right to human dignity in Singapore law.

Discipline

Human Rights Law

Research Areas

Asian and Comparative Legal Systems

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Citation

ONG, Benjamin Joshua. “Insensitive advertising” of foreign domestic workers in Singapore: a violation of human dignity. (2018).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2853

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