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No. 20 Special Issue – Home and Homelessness

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This special issue of Anti-Trafficking Review examines the links between housing, homelessness, migration, and exploitation. With contributions from New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, the United States, and Ecuador, it critiques immigration, criminal justice, and social welfare systems that are failing migrants, survivors of trafficking, and other marginalised groups. It demonstrates how these systems create conditions for exploitation and uplifts the voices of people struggling to find not just a roof over their head but a home.  

Read the articles on the Anti-Trafficking Review website.

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No. 19 Special Issue – Migration, Sexuality, and Gender Identity

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Over the past decade, there has been growing recognition of LGBTI+ people’s specific experiences with migration, asylum, informal labour, exploitation, and community-building away from home.

This Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review contributes to this literature with new conceptual and empirical research from countries across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. In highlighting the fluidity of sexuality and gender identity, the issue also expands our understanding of how survival is waged in the worlds of migration and informal labour.

Read the articles on the Anti-Trafficking Review website.

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International advocacy update January 2023

Report on how to expand and diversify regularisation mechanisms and programmes to enhance the protection of the human rights of migrants – DEADLINE 15 February 2023

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants will dedicate his forthcoming report to the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council to discuss how to expand and diversify regularisation mechanisms and programmes to enhance the protection the human rights of migrants in irregular situations.

The Special Rapporteur has issued a call for inputs from stakeholders, including civil society. The Special Rapporteur particularly wishes to:

  • Highlight the experiences of migrants in irregular situations;
  • Provide an analysis on how irregularity increases vulnerability to human rights violations;
  • Identify promising practices at the national and regional levels regarding regularisation of migrants in irregular situations.

GAATW will prepare a submission to the Special Rapporteur. If members want to contribute to it, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 1 February 2023.

43rd Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group – France, Romania, Montenegro, United Arab Emirates, Serbia

The Universal Periodic Review is a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council. Under the UPR, the human rights situation in each country is reviewed every four years. During the review, other countries make recommendations to the state being reviewed e.g. “Indonesia recommends that the UK allows migrant domestic workers to change their employer without restriction” or “Brazil recommends that Bahrain end the Kafala system for migrant workers”  

The Universal Periodic Reviews for France, Romania, Montenegro, the United Arab Emirates, and Serbia are taking place in May 2023.     

If GAATW members want to try and influence the recommendations that are made to their country, they can submit information to, and request meetings with, the embassies of different countries in Geneva. GAATW would be happy to facilitate this process and members can contact Maya.

76th Session of the UN Committee against Torture – Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Slovakia – DEADLINE 20 March 2023

The UN Committee on the Convention against Torture (CAT Committee) is a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council that reviews countries’ compliance with the UN Convention against Torture.

In May 2023, the Committee will review Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia and Slovakia. Amongst the issues the Committee will look at is the issue of trafficking in persons and the rights of survivors of trafficking.

Civil society can submit written information to the CAT Committee by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 20 March 2023. If GAATW members are interested in participating in this process, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

67th Commission on the Status of Women - March 2023

The priority theme for CSW this year is “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.”

GAATW will co-organise a parallel event with the Women in Migration Network, the Sex Workers Project – Urban Justice Centre, Migrant-Rights.org and the International Domestic Workers Federation. The event will be at 4:30pm EST on 8 March 2023 at CCUN, 8th floor.

If GAATW members are planning to attend CSW this year, please do let us know as we would love to meet up. We are also keen to hear your ideas for other meet-ups, gatherings and protests we can organise throughout CSW. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

 

No. 18 Special Issue – Traffickers

Despite increased awareness and massive investments in combating human trafficking, there is still limited knowledge about traffickers – who they are, why they engage in trafficking, and how they operate.

This Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review is a step towards filling this knowledge gap. Contributions from Australia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Greece, Italy, the Caribbean, and the United States examine the characteristics, motivations, and modus operandi of traffickers, their relationships with victims, and their treatment in the criminal justice system. Importantly, they point to measures that can prevent people from offending and ensure that justice is served for both victims and perpetrators.

Read the articles on the Anti-Trafficking Review website.

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No. 17 Special Issue – Anti-Trafficking Education

The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in the sites for anti-trafficking education and the range of educators who shape how the public and institutions understand and respond to human trafficking.

The aim of this Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review is to catalyse a collective process of reflection on and evaluation of the current state and stakes surrounding education on human trafficking. Contributors detail instructional materials and institutional settings, and what they alternately describe as intersectional, anti-oppressive, team-based, civically-engaged, trauma-informed, and survivor-led approaches to teaching and learning about human trafficking. They also emphasise the need for anti-trafficking education to encourage and inform efforts to create structural change, social justice, and individual empowerment.

Read the articles on the Anti-Trafficking Review website

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