Lawyers Without Borders: 'The International Law of Human Trafficking'

The LWOB Anti-Trafficking Project presents "The International Law of Human Trafficking" A talk by Anne Gallagher.

Recognised as the leading global authority on the law and policy of human trafficking, Dr Gallagher has served as Adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and now leads a major regional initiative against trafficking in ASEAN Member States.

She is the author of "The International Law of Human Trafficking" (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Thursday 5 May, 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm, LG17 - Faculty of Law (Sidgwick Site)

All welcome. For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205983019434410 or email rmhs2@cam.ac.uk.

More information about the talk

Although human trafficking has a long and ignoble history, it is only recently that trafficking has become a major political issue for states and the international community and the subject of detailed international rules. Dr Anne Gallagher has been closely involved in shaping the new international legal framework around trafficking and will provide an insight into the important legal and political developments of the last decade. She will focus particularly on how international human rights law has contributed to our understanding of the trafficking phenomenon, and of State obligations to prevent trafficking, prosecute perpetrators and protect victims.

More information about the speaker

Dr Anne Gallagher is an international legal practitioner and scholar, working in the areas of human rights and criminal justice. She served as a UN official from 1992 until 2003 - for the last four years as Adviser to Mary Robinson, the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Since 2003 she has led a major regional initiative in South East Asia that works to strengthen criminal justice responses to trafficking within and between ASEAN Member States.

Dr Gallagher is a scholar as well as a practitioner, recognized as the leading global authority on the law and policy of human trafficking. She has taught at academic institutions throughout the world and published extensively in the areas of criminal justice, human rights, and human trafficking in journals such as Human Rights Quarterly, Virginia Journal of International Law, and International Criminal Justice Review, Her most recent book, The International Law of Human Trafficking was published by Cambridge University Press in October 2010. It received the American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit, Honorable Mention, in 2011.