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  Collateral Damage: The impact of anti-trafficking measures on human rights around the world
This anthology reviews the experience of eight specific countries and attempts to assess what the impact of anti-trafficking measures have been for a variety of people living and working there, or migrating into or out of these countries. The eight are: Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Brazil, India, Nigeria, Thailand, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). The chapters look specifically at what the impact has been on
people’s human rights.
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), 2007
   
  Missing Out: A Study of Child Trafficking in the North-West, North-East and West Midlands
The report highlights the cases of 80 children known or suspected of being trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation, labour exploitation and forced marriage. More shocking is that 48 of these children have gone missing from social services care and have never been found.
Christine Beddoe, ECPAT UK, 2007
   
  Trafficking for Forced Labour in Europe
Report on a study in the UK, Ireland, the Czech Republic and Portugal This report looks at the various sectors and industries in which trafficking into forced labour occurs including agriculture, construction, domestic work and hospitality. Includes policy recommendations at a European level.
Anti-Slavery International 2006
   
  Trafficking for Forced Labour: UK country report
The result of research carried out by Anti-Slavery International between 2005 and 2006 with the aim of finding out more about trafficking for forced labour in the United Kingdom. This was a qualitative rather than quantative project, which aimed to provide information about how migrants become trafficked and which industries in the UK are affected.
Also available an executive summary and policy recommendations.
Klára Skrivánková
Anti-Slavery International 2006
   
  Compilation of Reports from the Conference on When People are Treated as Commodities in the Global Market
In October 2006, Anti-Slavery International ,CICA, IEPALA, MLAL Progetto Mondo and OIKOS participated in a two-day conference in Verona, Italy, as part of the “Hands Up for Freedom” project. Partners were invited from various countries and papers were presented on topics relating to the conference theme, “When People are treated as Commodities in the Global Market”. This report is a summary of some of the information made available during the conference in Verona.
Anti-Slavery International 2006
   
  Trafficking in Women, Forced Labour and Domestic Work: In the context of the Middle East and Gulf region
This report nvestigates the experiences of women migrant domestic workers in the Middle East and Gulf, the dynamics and workings of the migration process and whether and how it contributes to trafficking. Also included is an examination of some of the key, inter-connecting dynamics between slavery, trafficking, migration and forced labour, focussing particularly on examples of sending, receiving and transit countries including Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Lebanon, Sudan and Yemen.
Anti-Slavery International 2006
   
  Protocol for Identification and Assistance of Trafficked Persons and Training Kit
This publication is a practical tool for identifying trafficked people.
It provides basic and practical information to those most likely to encounter people who have been trafficked and aims to help make the difficult task of identification easier. The manual includes lists of indicators, checklists and recommends questions for interviewing trafficked people. The training kit is designed for training front-line workers.
Iveta Bartunkova
Anti-Slavery International 2005
   
  Report of the Eastern and Horn of Africa Conference on Human Trafficking and Forced Labour
Details the proceedings and recommendations of the conference held in Nairobi from 5-7 July 2005. The conference discussed contributing factors to trafficking and forced labour, including armed conflict, debt bondage, education and child labour, drugs and transnational crime, and national and international adoption. It also examined various regional and international responses.
ANPPCAN and Anti-Slavery International 2005
   
 

Compilation of Reports from the Conference on Trafficking of Human Beings and Migration: A human rights approach
In March 2005, Anti-Slavery International and other non-governmental organisations including CICA, IEPALA, MLAL Progetto Mondo and OIKOS took part in a conference in Lisbon, Portugal. The issues of trafficking and migration in Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom were discussed, including the current siutation, government action and recommendations for change. Global partners presented papers on topics relating to the conference's theme. The report is a summary of information made available during the conference.
Anti-Slavery International 2005

   
  An Absence of Choice: The sexual exploitation of North Korean women in China
This report exposes the vulnerability of North Korean women who flee to China to trafficking. A wide range of case studies documents trafficking into sexual exploitation and forced and 'arranged' marriages. It makes a case for North Koreans in China to be considered refugees and concludes with recommendations of what action needs to be taken.
Anti-Slavery International 2005
   
  Joint NGO Statement on the draft European Convention Against Trafficking in Human Beings
The Council of Europe's Ad Hoc Committee on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (CAHTEH) met in Strasbourg in December 2004, to continue drafting a European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. Over 160 NGOs working on trafficking and related issues signed up to a joint statement calling on CAHTEH to strengthen measures to protect and support traffiicked people.
Amnesty International and Anti-Slavery International 2004
   
  The Cocoa Industry in West Africa: A history of exploitation
This report provides an in-depth analysis of how cocoa is produced and how child and slave labour enter its chain of production. It relates the history of cocoa production and explores how this commodity fits within a global market. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it concludes with recommendations for consumers, the chocolate industry and governments on actions needed to address this serious problem.
Anti-Slavery International 2004
   
  Cause for Concern? London social services and child trafficking
ECPAT UK's latest report on child trafficking into the UK. Cause for Concern? includes interviews with social services in all 33 of London's boroughs to gauge social workers' awareness of trafficking and record cases of children who have been trafficked to the capital. Twenty-six boroughs reported that they had worked directly with children who had been trafficked or who had been brought into the UK and were living in suspicious circumstances. It includes case studies, statistics and recommendations.
ECPAT UK 2004
   
  Comments on revised draft European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (summary available)
Amnesty International and Anti-Slavery International assess some of the articles in the draft of the European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings in relation to existing international standards and commitments. In the light of this analysis and our experience of working both with and on behalf of trafficked people, we recommend ways in which the text can be amended to ensure the treaty creates a comprehensive framework that protects and respects trafficked people's human rights.
Amnesty International and Anti-Slavery International 2004
   
 

The Migration-Trafficking Nexus: Combating trafficking through the protection of migrants' human rights
Trafficking, smuggling and migration are separate, but inter-related issues. This publication seeks to look at the issue of trafficking within a broader migration framework and to propose policies which would be effective in reducing trafficking and in preventing the human and labour rights violations to which migrant workers are so often subjected today. Also available in Spanish and Khmer.
Anti-Slavery International 2003
ISBN 0 900918 58 6

   
  Combating Trafficking in Persons: A directory of organisations
Information of activities and services offered by organisations around the world that are working towards the elimination of human trafficking. It aims to facilitate co-operation and the establishment of networks and partnerships, aid effective referral for trafficked people (psychological counselling, long-term shelter provision and skills training), assist personnel who have identified a victim of trafficking to make contact with relevant service providers and provide an overview of the trafficking situation in each country. Also provides background on legislation and the types of services provided by organisations and institutions in this area.
CHANGE Anti-Trafficking Programme 2002/2003
ISBN 0 907236 35 9
   
  NGOs' Statement on Protection Measures for Trafficked Persons in Western Europe
NGOs from five Western European countries -- Germany (KOK) , Greece (STOP NOW), Italy (On the Road), The Netherlands (STV) and United Kingdom (Eaves Housing for Women and Anti-Slavery International) -- presented this joint statement on protection measures for trafficked people at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw in October 2003.

Stresses the need for appropriate measures for the identification of trafficked people to prevent their immediate deportation, need of right to a reflection delay, temporary or permanent residency status for trafficked people and need for means to ensure that the residency status allows the trafficked person full social inclusion.
2003

   
  Slave Trade or Fair Trade? The problem, the solution and how you can take action
Slavery exists within a global economy and some of the goods we buy may be tainted by slave labour. This leaflet looks at slavery and child labour particularly within the cocoa and carpet industries. It sets out possible solutions, focusing on fair trade and ethical trade and action you can take.
Anti-Slavery International 2003
   
  Programme Consultation Meeting on the Protection of Domestic Workers Against the Threat of Forced Labour and Trafficking: Discussion paper
Paper prepared for Anti-Slavery International by Lin Chew, in co-operation with the International Labour Organization's Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour.
Anti-Slavery International 2003
   
  Sub-Regional Project on Eradicating Child Domestic Work and Child Trafficking in West and Central Africa
This summary from Anti-Slavery International's French language report includes a Code of Conduct for improving the treatment of child domestic workers and child victims of trafficking, as well as recommendations for action. Anti-Slavery International set up a network of child rights organisations in six West and Central African countries: Bénin, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Niger and Togo, in order to strengthen their ability to work together for the eradication of abusive forms of work and the worst forms of child labour.
Anti-Slavery International 2003
   
Human Traffic, Human Rights: Redefining victim protection
This report looks at measures to protect trafficked people in Belgium, Colombia, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Thailand, Ukraine, the UK and US. It includes case studies, documents good and bad treatment by authorities and concludes with recommendations. Download PDF versions of the complete report, individual chapters or of the executive summary, which is also available in French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. The complete version of the report is also available in French.
Anti-Slavery International 2002