Archive of IASC Reports & Publications
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Archive
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Brexit And The UK's Fight Against Modern Slavery
A briefing by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group which considers the potential impact of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on efforts to tackle modern slavery.
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Briefing summary - The Benefits and the Barriers to Accessing Employment: Considerations for Survivors of Modern Slavery
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Child trafficking in the UK 2021: a snapshot
The report provides an outline of child trafficking between October 2020 and October 2021, including the latest data, policy developments, examples of promising practice and challenges faced by practitioners. It concludes with a series of 10 recommendations aimed at a range of stakeholders.
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Combating Modern Slavery experienced by Vietnamese Nationals en route to, and within, the UK
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Dignity, not Destitution
A report by Kalayaan on the impact of differential rights of work for migrant domestic workers referred to the National Referral Mechanism.
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Five IASC recommendations to the financial sector (September 2021)
The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thorton, sets out five recommendations to the financial sector on how organisations should be addressing modern slavery.
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Frank Dawtry Memorial Lecture 2021
Slides as presented by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner for the University of Leeds Frank Dawtry Memorial Lecture 2021 on 12 March 2021.
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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018
The UNODC's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018.
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Global Slavery Index 2016
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Heading Back to Harm
A study by ECPAT UK on trafficked and unaccompanied children going missing from care in the UK.
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Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
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IASC and Cumberland Lodge report: Practitioner Responses to Child Trafficking: Emerging Good Practice (April 2022)
Practitioner Responses to Child Trafficking: Emerging Good Practice explores explores the role of practitioner evidence in responding to child exploitation in the UK, how such evidence is used to improve the welfare of survivors, and how it is used to determine policy and research.
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IASC and ECPAT UK Review: A review of what works in multi-agency decision making and the implications for child victims of trafficking
A joint review by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and ECPAT UK which examines what works in existing multi-agency decision making frameworks to help inform future thinking on devolved NRM decision making for child victims of trafficking.
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IASC and Modern Slavery & Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (MSPEC) MoU (February 2022)
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC). The MoU sets out a joint commitment to developing a collaborative approach to policy-relevant modern slavery research, building on the variety of collaborative mechanisms already established between the Commissioner’s Office and the Modern Slavery PEC.
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IASC and Rights Lab report: The Benefits and the Barriers to Accessing Employment: Considerations for Survivors of Modern Slavery
A report examining the benefits of working, the harms caused by not working, and the current approach to how survivors are assisted to access employment, reintegrate, and work towards stability and independence.
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IASC and University of Nottingham Rights Lab report: Re-Trafficking - the current state of play (November 2021)
A joint report by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the University of Nottingham Rights Lab, which examines the evidence, data and literature on re-trafficking.
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IASC Bulletin (December 2021)
An update summarising the work of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner's Office including a message from Dame Sara Thornton.
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IASC Bulletin (February 2022)
An update summarising the work of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner's Office including a message from Dame Sara Thornton.
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IASC Bulletin (September 2021)
An update summarising the work of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner's Office including a message from Dame Sara Thornton.
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IASC note: Roundtable on the benefits and barriers to accessing employment (March 2022)
A note following a virtual roundtable chaired by IASC on 19 January 2022 to discuss implementing the recommendations made by the report 'The benefits and the barriers to accessing employment: Considerations for survivors of modern slavery' published in collaboration with the University of Nottingham Rights Lab.
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IASC Operation Fort review (June 2020) - Commissioner's Agenda for Action in 2020
The Commissioner's Agenda for Action in 2020, developed as part of the IASC review Operation Fort - What businesses should learn from the UK’s largest anti-slavery prosecution.
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IASC Operation Fort review (June 2020) - IASC Maturity Framework
The Maturity Framework for businesses, developed as part of the IASC review Operation Fort - What businesses should learn from the UK’s largest anti-slavery prosecution.
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IASC Paper: Preparing for Work (April 2022)
This paper examines programmes available to support survivors of modern slavery to prepare for work.
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IASC paper: Access to compensation and reparation for survivors of trafficking (April 2022)
An IASC policy paper which evaluates some of the key issues around access to compensation and reparation for victims of human trafficking in the UK.
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IASC paper: Asylum decision times for potential victims of modern slavery (October 2021)
The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, has today published a briefing paper outlining her concerns about the length of time potential victims of modern slavery within the NRM are waiting for decisions in relation to asylum claims.
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IASC paper: Financial Investigation of Modern Slavery (March 2021)
A paper focusing on two key aims for a financial investigation in modern slavery – proving the criminal offence has taken place, and compensating victims and survivors.
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IASC paper: Protecting individuals from exploitation by criminal traffickers and unscrupulous employers - Identifying and mitigating risks in the EU Settlement Scheme and the UK’s new points-based immigration system (February 2021)
A briefing paper on identifying and mitigating risks in the EU Settlement Scheme and the UK’s new points-based immigration system.
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IASC paper: PUBLIC SECTOR PROCUREMENT: IASC letters to permanent secretaries on goods subject to US import bans (April 2022)
IASC paper on public sector procurement: letters from permanent secretaries on goods subject to US Import bans.