Video

Thailand’s approach to victim-sensitive courts

ASEAN-ACT works with judges across the region to embed gender-sensitive and victim-centred approaches into law, policy and practice. Judge Jarimjit, Office of the President of the Supreme Court in Thailand shares her experiences and some of Thailand’s initiatives to better support and protect trafficked victims in court.

Publication

How has COVID-19 affected migrant workers vulnerability to human trafficking for forced labour in Southeast Asia?—a narrative review

While migrants have been working in the very occupations and sectors essential to keeping societies and economies running during the pandemic, they have oftentimes been the least protected. This paper by ASEAN-ACT seeks to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant workers’ vulnerability to human trafficking for forced labour in Southeast Asia.

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Video

What is trauma informed care?

Victims of human trafficking experience trauma in various forms, which impacts how they may remember their experiences and their ability to trust and talk about it. Law enforcement, prosecutors and judges play a crucial role in minimising re-traumatisation, and supporting recovery and reintegration. IJM Thailand Director Andrew Wasuwongse explains trauma-informed approaches in this video.

Research

Implementing the Non-Punishment Principle to protect victims of trafficking

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article

What counts for victims of trafficking?

Sharing data is key to combatting human rights abuses against vulnerable groups from the ASEAN region, article by ASEAN-ACT senior adviser and author of the ASEAN TIP Data Baseline Report, Cate Sumner.

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Study

ASEAN TIP Data Baseline Report

To mark the 5-year anniversary since the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (ACTIP) entered into force, ASEAN-ACT has studied Trafficking in Persons Annual Reports that ASEAN Member States have published in 2020, and their approach to national reporting of ACTIP.

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Study

Non-Punishment Principle Study – Regional Validation Workshop

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Publication

Blood Bricks: untold stories of modern slavery and climate change from Cambodia

Blood Bricks is a research project (2017-2019) undertaken by Royal Holloway, University of London, and funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and Department for International Development (ESRC-DFID) Development Frontiers Research Fund.

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Law & Agreements

Briefing Note on Human Trafficking Implications of Draft Lao Agreement 43

The ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking program had the opportunity to review the Draft Agreement on the Establishment and Management of the Employment Service Enterprise of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Agreement 43), Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare Lao PDR.

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