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Join Roscoe Howell of Slavery Links Australia in his address marking the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. It is estimated that there are 27 million slaves in the world today. Reflecting on the 1948 UN Convention and other treaties against slavery, this public lecture examines networks of slavery in the Asia-Pacific, including those where Australians play a part.
Join Roscoe Howell of Slavery Links Australia as he outlines the forms of modern slavery – discussing how it intersects with our daily lives more than we might imagine – and explains how we can bring about change.
Preamble
On behalf of the people of Victoria the Parliament enacts this Charter, recognising that all people are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Mark Burton (2018). In a global economy, Australia is exposed to slavery through trade, migration and tourism.
It is a crime to reduce a person to slavery, with intent or recklessly. Business and other organisations must develop systems and a culture to keep them free of slavery. Directors and managers can be liable for slavery in their business.
Slavery Links (2016) ‘When precarious work becomes ‘forcing’: Implementing Section 11 of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights regarding forced labour-servitude-slavery’, (Slavery Links Australia Inc, Camberwell, Vic)
Slavery Links (2015) ‘Adding slavery to the list of treaties to be considered by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights’, Briefing Paper No 1 (Slavery Links Australia Inc., Camberwell Vic).
Roscoe Howell (2015) “How Australians are exposed to the slave-making systems which operate in the Asia Pacific” © (Slavery Links Australia Inc, Brighton, Victoria)
Roscoe Howell (2014) ‘Australian perspectives on forced labour, servitude and slavery’, with a Foreword by The Hon Dr Robyn Layton AO QC. Occasional Papers in Slavery. (© Slavery Links Australia Inc., Melbourne)
Mark Strachan (2014) “The Role of Slavery in Design Education” © ACUADS Conference 2014: ‘The Future Of The Discipline’, Melbourne, Australia, 2-3 October 2014, paper no. 9