Archive of IASC Reports & Publications
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Archive
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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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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018
The UNODC's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018.
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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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Modern Slavery - A Council Guide
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Ukraine: OSCE recommendations on identifying and mitigating risks of human trafficking online
OSCE recommendations on enhancing efforts to identify and mitigate risks of trafficking in human beings online as a result of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
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Trafficking Survivor Care Standards
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Underground Lives: Criminal Exploitation Of Adult Victims
A report by Hestia on criminal exploitation of adult victims of modern slavery.
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Long-Term Support Recommendations
The recommendations in this document by the Human Trafficking Foundation highlight the minimum standards needed for a sustainable support system towards recovery for adult survivors of slavery.
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Life Beyond The Safe House
A report by the Human Trafficking Foundation urging the Government to review its approach to move-on support for survivors of modern slavery to help them recover from their experiences and integrate into society.
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Combating Modern Slavery experienced by Vietnamese Nationals en route to, and within, the UK
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Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
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The Modern Slavery Act
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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.
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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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What Looks Promising for Tackling Modern Slavery: A review of practice-based research
A report by the Bakhita Centre at St Mary's University. The reports reviewed for ‘what looks promising’ indicated that academics, researchers, and practitioners have had an impact on policy design and delivery and have used the findings from their practice-based research to argue for changes in policy and practice. The reports reviewed for ‘what looks promising’ indicated that academics, researchers, and practitioners have had an impact on policy design and delivery and have used the findings from their practice-based research to argue for changes in policy and practice.
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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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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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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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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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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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Underground Lives: Male Victims of Modern Slavery
This Hestia report shines a light on the experiences of male victims of modern slavery in London.
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Voices: Ideas for using survivor testimony in antislavery work
In 2019, the Rights Lab launched a new collection of survivor testimony, named Voices: Narratives by Survivors of Modern Slavery. The purpose of this report is to suggest a guide for how to use this groundbreaking collection of survivor testimony for antislavery work.
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Underground Lives: Police Response to Victims of Modern Slavery
Hestia is submitting the first super-complaint on modern slavery to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), highlighting that police failings when interviewing victims of modern slavery are hindering the prosecution of traffickers and exploiters. This report reveals that frontline officers vary in their capacity to sensitively interview and support potential victims of modern slavery after escaping abuse.
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Caring for Trafficked Persons
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Agriculture and Modern Slavery Act Reporting: Increasing engagement but poor quality from a high risk sector
This study by the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab interrogates how the agriculture sector has engaged with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act.
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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.