Join us online on Thurs to hear about new research showing how employability skills can prevent re-trafficking. The format is 15 minutes to present, then questions and discussion. The seminar will last no longer than 45 mins, perfect for your lunch hour. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/757cda...

We’re still digesting the many conversations we were privileged to be part of at our 2026 conference looking at a human rights approach to modern slavery. You can listen back on our website. Meanwhile, here's a taster from the day. #modernslavery #humanrights #PECconference

We’re still buzzing from last week’s #PECconference to discuss human rights and survivor expertise being at the heart of policies against modern slavery and human trafficking. We had some challenging but vital conversations which we’re excited to continue.

Grateful for a thoughtful discussion at @bonavero.bsky.social with Attorney General Richard Hermer. We spoke about law, power, and Europe’s future at a time when the rules of the established order are no longer self-evident.

Thanks to all who came to #PECconference to discuss a human rights approach to #modernslavery. We covered a lot: centring survivors, Fair Work Agency, human rights in business, and National Referral Mechanism. The discussions felt powerful and necessary. Let’s keep them going.

Two fantastic new opportunities to join the Modern Slavery PEC team! Policy Impact Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Research Programmes Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

NEW RESEARCH! Inconsistent definitions of child exploitation are undermining the identification and protection of children who were exploited in forms such as sexual, labour and criminal exploitation, or domestic servitude. 👇 www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/de...

Sign up for this FREE lunchtime seminar to mark the launch of our research report - More than Words: how definitions impact on the UK’s response to child trafficking and exploitation

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NEW EVENT! Definitions of child exploitation. 📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30 👩‍💻 Presentation: Laura Duran, @ecpatuk.bsky.social 👩‍💻 Opening: Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner 👩‍💻 Closing: Patricia Durr, ECPAT UK. 👇 www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...

ICYMI: sign up to our event launching new research on definitions of child exploitation. 📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30 👩‍💻Speakers: 👩‍💻 Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner 👩‍💻 Laura Duran & Patricia Durr, @ecpatuk.bsky.social 👇 www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...

Today is World Youth Skills Day, recognising the importance of equipping young people with skills for employment and decent work. For people who experienced modern slavery, access to decent work is a key factor in rebuilding their lives and be protected from exploitation.

Hackathon 2025 is a global online innovation competition by the AI against Modern Slavery (AIMS) initiative (from @mila-quebec.bsky.social), which uses large language models (LLMs) to analyse modern slavery statements by major corporations. Find out more: fundacionpasoslibres.org/aimshackathon/

NEW EVENT! Definitions of child exploitation. 📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30 👩‍💻 Presentation: Laura Duran, @ecpatuk.bsky.social 👩‍💻 Opening: Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner 👩‍💻 Closing: Patricia Durr, ECPAT UK. 👇 www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...

Over 100 campaigners, academics & parents of children with special needs and disabilities (SEND) called on the Government not to scrap the education, health and care plans (EHCPs), which outline a child's needs and the support they need. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The right to an education, health and care plan must be retained | Letters

Letter: Jane Asher, Carrie Grant, Chris Packham, Anna Bird, Fazilet Hadi, Sally Phillips, Jon Sparkes and 100 others call on the government not to remove the right to an EHCP from children attending m...

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We are delighted to report that the team behind our funded research on preventing debt bondage in the healthcare supply chains spoke at the ILO Regulating Decent Work Conference in Geneva on the ‘Worker Voice and Labour Governance’ panel on including survivors in the research 🧵

. beyondslavery.bsky.social by openDemocracy is marking its 10th anniversary by publishing a series of articles taking stock of the anti-trafficking field. TBS has been a crucial critical voice to the “modern slavery sector” and this series is a must-read. 👇 www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Ten years on, have we moved Beyond Trafficking and Slavery?

We started BTS in 2014 to help everyone better understand the root causes of exploitation. Did we succeed?

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Congratulations to Jane Lasonder, member of our Lived Experience Advisory Panel, who spoke about meaningfully engaging people with lived experience of exploitation in the work and policies addressing modern slavery at the UN Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors by UNODC.

LAST CALL for our lunchtime seminar today at 12.30 👇 📣 Identifying Child Criminal Exploitation in Northern Ireland 👩‍💻🧑‍💻 Dr Gillian Kane from Ulster University and Andrew Chisholm from the International Organization for Migration United Kingdom. Register: www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...

Lunchtime seminar: Identifying child criminal exploitation in…

We strive for a world where people are protected from modern slavery by effective, evidence-based policies.

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Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC)@modernslaverypec.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Lunchtime Seminar: Identifying Child Criminal Exploitation in Northern Ireland 📅 Thursday 13 June | 🕛 12:30 BST 👩‍💻 Dr Gillian Kane from Ulster University and Andrew Chisholm from the International Organization for Migration United Kingdom. 🔗 Register: www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...

We are proud that Jane Lasonder, member of our Lived Experience Advisory Panel, will speak today at the first-ever United Nations Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors 'Voices of Resilience' organised by UNODC (Office on Drugs and Crime). Read & watch here 👇 www.unodc.org/unodc/en/hum...

Mick Clarke of ‪@passagecharity.bsky.social, and Eleanor Lyons, the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, write on preventing exploitation in the context of homelessness, following their report earlier this week. www.bigissue.com/opinion/mode...

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness

Nearly half of the survivors supported by Westminster charity The Passage's modern slavery service were homeless when they were recruited.

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We’re looking forward to the conference by @devcomms.bsky.social ‘Navigating crisis - dangers and opportunities in development’, 25–27 June. Our team is convening a roundtable on the intersection of development work and interventions to address modern slavery. 👇 www.devstud.org.uk/conference/c...

25-27 June 2025: Panel timetable

Accepted panels for DSA2025 conference at Bath

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📢 NEW PROJECT! A research project by @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social‬, Impactt Limited & @unseenuk.bsky.social is evaluating the effectiveness of the Employer Pays Principle (EPP) in preventing debt bondage in healthcare supply chains. 👇 www.modernslaverypec.org/research-pro...

Preventing debt bondage in healthcare supply chains

We strive for a world where people are protected from modern slavery by effective, evidence-based policies.

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Important research from the Passage Charity in partnership with the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner on prevention of exploitation in the context of homelessness, is being published on Monday, still time to register! 👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8a21f1...

Last week, @andrewchisholm.bsky.social and I launched our research on identifying modern slavery/human trafficking in the context of CCE in Northern Ireland. Find out more and sign up for next week's lunchtime seminar (26th June) below. ⬇️

Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC)@modernslaverypec.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW RESEARCH! Identifying child criminal exploitation in Northern Ireland. Children in Northern Ireland exploited in criminal activities are not being formally identified as victims of modern slavery and human trafficking – despite indications they may meet the criteria. 🧵

“There are so many voices that need to be heard. [...] We can do it, let us do it – we don’t need you to speak on our behalf.” Survivors of sexual exploitation in Telford called for allowing them to shape the national inquiry into the grooming scandal. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Grooming gang survivors say political ‘tug of war’ must stop before inquiry

Exclusive: Telford survivors say people are ‘exploiting the exploited’ and push for women to shape new investigation

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Next week 24 June we'll be attending 'Modern Slavery Knowledge Mobilisation Conference,' in London, organised by the UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) together with the the British Academy Early Career Research Network. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/basnet-mod...

BASNET Modern Slavery Knowledge Mobilisation Conference

Bridging Research and Practice: Amplifying Voices in Modern Slavery

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The UK Government accepted the recommendations of report by Louise Casey into the group-based sexual exploitation of girls it commissioned earlier this year and announced a national inquiry into the ‘grooming gangs’ scandal. A thread. 🧵 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/684ffa...

Today is the International Domestic Workers Day. The UK has a way to go to ensure all domestic workers enjoy decent work and safe workplaces. Read Marissa Begonia, a founder of an organisation Voice of Domestic Workers, writing about it in the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/opinion/dome...

If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights

Domestic workers in the UK face exploitation under restrictive visa rules. Marissa Begonia calls for urgent reform to protect their rights.

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Interesting event at the @Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at @ox.ac.uk, looking at the history of the 1930 Forced Labour Convention with its colonial connotations and trying to re-think our approach to forced labour. 👇 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

What does child criminal exploitation look like in Northern Ireland? Newly published research points overwhelmingly to the context of drugs and paramilitaries. However, these cases aren't recognised as modern slavery. Read more 👇 www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/id...

Good to see @PoliceP (Police Professional journal) cover the report on children exploited in Northern Ireland not recognised as victims of modern slavery policeprofessional.com/news/stark-g...