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MLAL Verona Conference: Compilation of Reports from the Conference on When People are Treated as Commodities in the Global Market

October 2006
Anti-Slavery International. In October 2006, Anti-Slavery International ,CICA, IEPALA, MLAL Progetto Mondo and OIKOS participated in a two-day conference in Verona, Italy, as part of the “Hands Up for Freedom” project. Partners were invited from various countries and papers were presented on topics relating to the conference theme, “When People are treated as Commodities in the Global Market”. This report is a summary of some of the information made available during the conference in Verona.
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Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Argentina

August 2006Responsible businessClimate changeEnding child slaveryMigration and traffickingResearch reportsArgentina

Anti-Slavery International, Mike Kaye.

This report provides information and analysis in relation to slavery practices in Argentina, with a particular focus on trafficking of people for both labour and sexual exploitation and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Also available as a PDF download in Spanish.

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Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Bolivia

August 2006Responsible businessClimate changeEnding child slaveryMigration and traffickingResearch reportsBolivia

Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Bolivia

This report provides information and analysis in relation to slavery practices in Bolivia, with a particular focus on forced labour and worst forms of child labour in the sugar, nut and mining industries and on private ranches.

Bhavna Sharma
Anti-Slavery International 2006

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Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Brazil

August 2006Migration and traffickingResponsible businessClimate changeEnding child slaveryResearch reportsBrazil

Anti-Slavery International, Bhavna Sharma.

This report provides information and analysis in relation to slavery practices in Brazil, with a particular focus on forced labour in the Amazon, trafficking of people for both labour and sexual exploitation, and child domestic work.

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Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Paraguay

August 2006Ending child slaveryMigration and traffickingResponsible businessClimate changeResearch reportsParaguay

Anti-Slavery International, Mike Kaye.

This report gives an overview and analysis of different slavery practices in Paraguay, including forced labour of indigenous people, trafficking in people, the commercial sexual exploitation of children, child domestic work and child soldiers. Also available as a PDF download in Spanish.

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Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Peru

August 2006Responsible businessClimate changeEnding child slaveryMigration and traffickingResearch reportsPeru

Anti-Slavery International, Bhavna Sharma.

This report provides information and analysis in relation to slavery practices in Peru, with a particular focus on forced labour in the Amazon, domestic work, trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation, and children working in mines.

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Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Uruguay

August 2006Responsible businessClimate changeEnding child slaveryMigration and traffickingResearch reportsUruguay

Anti-Slavery International, Mike Kaye.

This report provides information and analysis in relation to slavery practices in Uruguay, with a particular focus on the commercial sexual exploitation of children, the worst forms of child labour, and trafficking of people.

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Protocol for Identification and Assistance of Trafficked Persons and Training Kit

November 2005Migration and trafficking

Anti-Slavery International, Iveta Bartunkova.

This publication is a practical tool for identifying trafficked people.
It provides basic and practical information to those most likely to encounter people who have been trafficked and aims to help make the difficult task of identification easier. The manual includes lists of indicators, checklists and recommends questions for interviewing trafficked people. The training kit is designed for training front-line workers.

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Child Domestic Workers: A handbook on good practice in programme interventions

November 2005Ending child slavery

Maggie Black, Anti-Slavery International.

A practical guide to what works and why when it comes to practical assistance for child domestic workers. Contains experiences of local practitioners from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean; international organisations and networks working on this issue. And the views of almost 500 current and former child domestics consulted in nine countries. A companion publication detailing the results of these consultations will follow in early 2006. Particularly useful for small and medium-sized NGOs seeking ways to improve their existing programmes or planning to add assisting child domestic workers to their activities. ISBN 0 900918 59 4

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1807-2007: Over 200 years of campaigning against slavery

August 2005Responsible businessClimate changeEnding child slaveryMigration and traffickingResearch reportsInternational

Anti-Slavery International, Mike Kaye.

This publication gives an overview of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and considers the factors that led isolated voices of protest to develop into a popular movement in less than 20 years, helping to bring about the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. It also traces how after the end of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, new forms of slavery began to manifest themselves and how they were challenged through popular campaigns and the development of international standards to prohibit them. It also considers what action needs to be taken to free the millions of people in slavery today. ISBN 0 900918 61 6

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