IASC Reports & Publications

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The IASC is delivering its three-year Strategic Plan to improve prevention of modern slavery, provide better protection for victims of modern slavery, and increase prosecutions of the criminals behind these horrific crimes.

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Reports by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

30 Jan 2025 PDF | 4.00 MB

Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) Strategic Plan 2024-26

The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s Strategic Plan 2024-2026 outlines the priority areas of the IASC’s work throughout their term. It is a three-year Plan which was developed after extensive consultation, a series of visits across the UK and engagement with lived experience advisory groups.

27 Jan 2025 PDF | 2.19 MB

Acting Local: The Need for Modern Slavery Coordinators in Local Authorities

Foreword written by the Independent anti-Slavery Commissioner. This report calls for all local authorities to have, or have regional access to, a specialist modern slavery coordinator funded by Central Government. Written by the Human Trafficking Foundation alongside nine modern slavery coordinators, this paper sets out an initial evidence base for the importance and success of the role in helping local authorities respond to modern slavery in their locality. No community is immune from modern slavery, and all local authorities must be given the support needed to effectively respond to the issue.

30 Sep 2024 PDF | 1.92 MB

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IASC Reports & Publications

Here you can find the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s Reports and Publications.

Reports by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) Strategic Plan 2024-26

Acting Local: The Need for Modern Slavery Coordinators in Local Authorities

Report: Ten years of the Slavery and Trafficking Care Standards: A review and reflection

Memorandum of Understanding between the IASC and the Home Office

Hope for Justice Report: Beyond Survival: Living free, not in survival mode, and being able to dream again

Hestia Report: On our streets: The changing face of modern slavery in London (September 2024).

Policy brief: Child Exploitation: prevention, protection and support for children and young people (August 2024)

Special Edition of the Prison Service Journal: Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (August 2024).

Report: Child Trafficking in the UK 2024: A Snapshot

Report: Child Trafficking in the UK 2024: A Snapshot - Executive Summary

Policy brief: Violence Against Women and Girls: protecting female victims of modern slavery (July 2024)

Policy brief: Preventing Labour Exploitation: Tackling Modern Slavery is Everyone’s Business (July 2024)

ECPAT Report: Behind Closed Doors (July 2024)

CSJ Report: Criminal Exploitation: Modern Slavery by another name. (February 2024)

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