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Detention of Trafficked Persons in Shelters: A Legal and Policy Analysis, Dr Anne Gallagher and Elaine Pearson (Technical Director and former Research Coordinator of ARTIP respectively), 2008. Available here in English, Khmer and Thai. Abstract: In countries around the world it is common practice for victims of trafficking who have been "rescued" or who have escaped from situations of exploitation to be placed and detained in public or private shelters. The term "detention" refers here to a very specific situation in which the individual concerned is unable to leave the facility if and when she or he chooses to. This Study considers the international legal aspects of victim detention in shelters and weighs up the common justifications for such detention from a legal, policy and practical perspective. The Study concludes that routine detention of victims or suspected victims o trafficking in public or private shelters violates a number of fundamental principles of international law and is therefore to be considered "prima facie", unlawful.
*Papers presented at the Trafficking in Persons Research and Data Forum, 3-4 November 2008* This forum was facilitated by the Australian Institute of Criminology, the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, University of Hong Kong and the Centre for Criminology, University of Hong Kong. Challenges and Priorities in Prosecuting and Adjudicating Trafficking in Persons Cases, Albert Moskowitz (ARTIP Judicial and Prosecutorial Adviser), 2008. Law Enforcement Responses to Trafficking in Persons in South East Asia, Willem Pretorius (ARTIP Team Leader), 2008. These papers address some of the challenges faced by the criminal justice system in combating trafficking in persons in South East Asia and suggest some approaches that could be taken to address those issues.
A Guide to Building a Specialist Counter-Trafficking Law Enforcement Response: Establishing Specialist Investigative Units (May 2008), available only to law enforcement agencies upon written request (available in Indonesian, English, Khmer, Laotian, Thai and Vietnamese).
ARTIP Related Links
Australian Agency for International Development, AusAID - ARTIP is an initiative of the Australian Government (For information on Australia's Aid Program Response on Trafficking in Persons: "Working to Combat Human Trafficking and Labour Exploitation" click here) Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) - ARTIP is managed by Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) For more resources related to the criminal justice response to trafficking in persons, go to the resource section in the ARTIP specialised site on trafficking in persons and the criminal justice sector.
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The Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project is an Australian Government, AusAID initiative.


The Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project is an Australian Government, AusAID initiative.		The Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project is managed by Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia).

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