Global Teleconference on Human Trafficking Launched live from Washington D.C.

   

On October 27th at Crowell & Moring LLP, the ABA Section of International Law hosted a global teleconference on  the international instruments adopted in response to the trafficking problem, their intersections with domestic law, and the numerous impediments to stemming the growth of this transnational problem.  

The program, "Human Trafficking: Is the Solution Beyond the Scope of Domestic Legal Mechanisms?", drew over 100 registrants. Some partners for this event included the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria, Lagos Branch; Tahirih Justice Center; ChildHope UK;  Stop Modern Slavery; Shared Hope International; the D.C. Human Trafficking Task Force; and the International Models Project on Women’s Rights  The program was moderated by Martina Vandenberg (Jenner & Block) and featured presentations by Prof. Dina Haynes (New England Law|Boston),  Amanda Gray (Senior Protection Associate, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees) and Ann Jordan (Director of the Program on Forced Labor and Trafficking, Center on Human Rights and Humanitarian (AU-WCL). A link to the full recording of the teleconference is below! 

To listen to the full recording of the teleconference click: here 

Photos: Seated at the table are  (left) Martina Vandenberg (Partner, Jenner & Block) and (right) Ann Ford (Director of the Program on Human Trafficking and Forced Labor in the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law).   

 JoAnne Richardson (left) is Senior Program Manager, International Division, National Center for State Courts.