External publications

2008 

• Modern-Day Slavehouse - Article originally published in the February 2008 edition of Rolling Stone Brazil magazine
  Brazilian employers using slave labor find support in the Congress to have their names off the so-called “Dirty List”.

2007 

• “I Forzati del Mare” (The Forced labourers of the sea), Valter Zanin (In Italian only)
  This book is about forced labour in maritime carg osector and about the difficulties to estimate the numbers of active seafarers within the complex patterns if multinational merchant crews in the XX and XXI centuries. The author tries to calculate the minimum estimate of seafarers compelled in various ways to work, according (and sometimes discussing) the ILO definition of forced labour. The blacklisting in the shipping sector is a form of forcing workers to accept degrading jobs and not only an attack to freedom of association. He explains that the problem of forced labour is not so easily related to the flagging out and the expansion of the flags of convenience.
• “COLLATERAL DAMAGE - The Impact of Anti-Trafficking Measures on Human Rights around the World”, Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women GAATW
  This anthology reviews the experience of eight countries (Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, India, Nigeria, Thailand, UK and USA) and attempts to assess what the impact of anti-trafficking measures have been, specifically on people’s human rights. Each chapter mentions numerous examples of laws or government policies which have negative consequences for some of the very people they are intended to benefit, focusing on the impact of three different types of measure: policies to assist and protect trafficked persons provided they cooperate with law enforcement officials; anti-trafficking measures affecting migrants and others; and thirdly, the misuse of the concept of ‘trafficking’ to further the political agendas of governments.
• “Trafficking in Human Beings”, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
  This report brings answers to the following questions: What is and how to identify a trafficked person? How and why does trafficking occur? What are the links between trafficking and organised crime? What are the main challenges to address trafficking? What are the regional and international instruments?
• "The International Labour Organization and the Struggle against Forced Labour from 1919 to the Present", Daniel Roger Maul, Labor History
  Since its foundation in 1919 the International Labour Organization (ILO) has regarded the worldwide eradication of forced labour as one of its basic aims. This article looks at the ILO's role both as a forum for public discourse on the historically shifting boundaries that separated free labour from coercion, and as an independent actor in the struggle against forced labour throughout the twentieth century. Examining the ILO's efforts in three distinct phases (the inter-war period, the Cold War years and the age of decolonization / postcolonial nation-building) will also shed light and contribute to the discussion on the influence of international organizations in the making of the modern world.
• Poverty,Development and the Elimination of Slavery, Anti Slavery International
  This paper highlights the existing links between poverty, social exclusion and the different contemporary forms of slavery and the potential for development projects to reduce both slavery and poverty internationally. We argue that development assistance which is targeted at those in slavery or at risk of becoming slaves may be particularly effective in helping to achieve the millennium development goals as well contributing towards the reduction of slavery from the world.
• “Ending Slavery", Kevin Bales
  The book stresses that slavery is not a matter of duration, as it is not necessarily a permanent condition. It’s characterized by the control of a person, through restriction of housing, food supply and movement and by the use or threat of violence. ...
• "Close to Slavery, Guestworker Programs in the United States", Southern Poverty Law Center
  The 48-page report, based on interviews with thousands of guestworkers and dozens of legal cases, describes the systematic abuse of workers under what is known as the H-2 system administered by the U.S. Department of Labor.
• "Slave and forced labour in the 21st century", TUC
  This TUC fact file and activities pack is intended for individuals and trade unions for eduction courses. It deals with the development of slavery and the different forms of forced labour today, and some of the actions that can be taken to face up to forced labour.
• "Contemporary slavery in the UK: Overview and key issues", Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  This report aims to be the first comprehensive review of the current extent of slavery in the UK, under the different forms it takes, such as trafficking for sexual or domestic labour, forced labour or debt bondage.
• Trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation: a literature review, UK Home Office
  This report summarises the findings from a review of literature on trafficking of people to the UK for the purposes of labour exploitation. The review both develops the evidence base and identifies knowledge gaps in this area. The findings are split into two parts, the first on adult victims and the second on children.

2006 

• "Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons",UNODC
  There is still much to be learnt about what works best to prevent and combat human trafficking under various circumstances. The toolkit presents a selection of conceptual, legislative and organizational tools in use in different parts of the world.

2005 

• “Combating Trafficking in Human Beings through the practice of domestic courts”, All for fair trials
  This report looks at measures taken to protect trafficked people in ten different countries: Belgium, Colombia, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States.

2003 

• Developing Better Indicators of Human Trafficking
  Although combating human trafficking has become a growing political priority for many governments around the world, available information about the magnitude of the problem remains very limited. One of the biggest gaps in our understanding of trafficking is in the area of statistics and data collection. Despite the growing literature on human trafficking, much of the information on the actual number of persons trafficked is unclear and relatively few studies are based on extensive research.

2002 

• Human traffic human rights: redefining victim protection
  This report looks at measures taken to protect trafficked people in ten different countries: Belgium, Colombia, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States.