Archive of IASC Reports & Publications
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Archive
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Modern Slavery Multi-Agency Case Conferences at The Passage
An evaluation report on Modern Slavery Multi-Agency Case Conferences (MACC) at The Passage between November 2018 and December 2019.
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Modern Slavery Reporting Practices in the UK: Evidence from Modern Slavery Statements and Annual Reports
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Modern Slavery Strategy
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Modern Slavery, Environmental Destruction and Climate Change: Fisheries, Field, Forests and Factories
Modern slavery and climate change have emerged as concurrent crises in the contemporary world. This research interrogates aspects of the nexus between modern slavery, environmental destruction and climate change.
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National Enforcement Powers Guide - Public Version (February 2021)
The Home Office National Enforcement Powers Guide aims to help facilitate a faster tactical multi-agency response and to use the appropriate legislation available to gain entry into commercial and residential premises, where intelligence has indicated that there could be a potential case of exploitation or modern slavery. Likewise this guide can be used to support agencies to understand and develop key processes when finding victims and offenders of exploitation, as well as wider serious and organised crime.
The guide has been coordinated and compiled by Kate Rolle, Hertfordshire Modern Slavery Partnership Coordinator at Shiva Foundation, in collaboration with Katy Parker, Project, Parliament and Communications Coordinator at the Human Trafficking Foundation (HTF) and Alan Beach, Eastern Region Coordinator in the Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Unit (MSOIC).
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National Referral Mechanism: Guidance for Child First Responders
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Nobody Deserves to Live this Way
An independent inquiry by the Human Trafficking Foundation into the situation of separated and unaccompanied minors in parts of Europe.
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Policy Brief: Restating the case for a Single Enforcement Body (February 2023)
A policy brief summarising key findings from the IASC and Rights Lab report, Restating the case for a Single Enforcement Body.
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Q&A - Launch of IASC and ECPAT UK review on what works in existing multi-agency decision making
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Refining a public health approach to modern slavery
This report was produced by the University of Sheffield, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and Public Health England and builds on earlier research on the case for a public health approach to modern slavery in the UK (Such et al. 2017, 2020).
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Report: Restating the case for a Single Enforcement Body (February 2023)
This IASC and Rights Lab report calls for the government to revisit a manifesto pledge to establish a Single Enforcement Body (SEB) and transform the fragmented labour enforcement system in the UK.
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Sedex report - Recognising forced labour risks in global supply chains
Drawing on data from the Sedex platform from over 100,000 social audits, this report investigates and highlights the indicators of forced labour those audits are detecting, and their prevalence in global supply chains.
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Slavery and Trafficking Survivor Care Standards
Offering guidance on the minimum organisational and support standards that should be adhered to and provided when working with slavery and trafficking survivors.
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Slides - Launch of IASC and ECPAT UK review on what works in existing multi-agency decision making
Slides from a presentation by April McCoig, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner's office and Laura Durán, ECPAT UK, to launch the joint review: A review of what works in multi-agency decision making and the implications for child victims of trafficking.
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Slides - Launch of IASC and PaCCS review Preparing for Impact
Slides from a presentation by Juliana Semione, PaCCS researcher and author of the IASC and PaCCS review Preparing for Impact - How we can overcome barriers and cultivate a culture of collaboration, understanding, and respect to achieve impact on survivor support (2019)
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STOP THE TRAFFIK: Aman Safety Seeking Sanctuary Report 2022
The report highlights the continued need for accessible information on trafficking and signposted support for vulnerable young people travelling through Europe. The focus of the campaign, which ran throughout 2021, was to provide young people experiencing displacement with information about exploitation, how to keep safe and details for organisations that can provide help and support.
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Supporting European Economic Area (EEA) nationals with care needs
This factsheet from No Recourse To Public Funds (NRPF) provides information to help local authorities establish a person’s support options when they are destitute or at risk of homelessness.
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Tackling modern slavery: Council case studies
In 2017, the LGA published the first guidance for councils on the various roles they can play in tackling the scourge of modern slavery.
This follow up document comprises a set of case studies from councils up and down the country, highlighting some of the good work already taking place to tackle modern slavery. It has been published alongside a guide for councillors setting out the individual role they can play on this issue.
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The Economic and Social Costs of Modern Slavery
This aim of this Home Office report is to estimate the cost of modern slavery in the UK.
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The Fight Against Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
This report examines how victims of modern slavery experience the criminal justice system, comparing processes in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands, and the US.
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The journey of our UK survivor network: Challenges and successes
A report by Survivor Alliance UK outlining depictions by members of the UK Survivor Network of their journeys as survivors in the UK, alongside their recommendations for service providers and anti-slavery organisations.
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The Modern Slavery Act
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The Modern Slavery Act 2015 statutory defence: A call for evidence (October 2020)
The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, has today published her review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 statutory defence. The review’s purpose was to gain a better understanding of what was happening on the ground in respect of the use of the statutory defence. Having received over 100 written responses referring to 200 cases, and listened to an informed and broad spectrum of expert evidence, the review makes ten practical recommendations aimed at making the current system work better.
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The role of independent National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms in enhancing States’ anti-trafficking responses
The Organization for Security and Partnership in Europe (OSCE) in partnership with The UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner brief on the role of independent National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms in enhancing States’ anti-trafficking responses.
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The war in Ukraine and associated risks of human trafficking and exploitation: Insights from an evidence-gathering roundtable
This report by Dr Ella Cokbain and Dr Alan Sidebottom, UCL, follows a roundtable convened by the IASC which focused on risks of human trafficking and exploitation arising from the war in Ukraine.
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Time to Deliver
This ATMG report analyses how the victims of trafficking who are pregnant or have children are 'systematically overlooked' in the UK's anti-trafficking response.