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What We Do

The Program on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery conducts research on the underlying causes and conditions that permit human trafficking to flourish and develops data-driven public policy strategies to address this global human rights crisis.

The Program aims to create a global effort through building a network of scholars and practitioners, developing best practices, and disseminating information. This Program will not only educate, but provide connections and information-sharing for anti-trafficking policymakers and future public policy leaders around the world.


Upcoming Events:

~ May 2012 ~
Tuesday,
May. 22
9:00 AM
On-line Conference: 'Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Public/Private Partnerships'

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What's New:

   May 10, 2012: Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara was invited to Geneva by the ILO as one of four global experts asked to advise on their forthcoming new estimate of the number of forced laborers in the world. Final results will be announced by the ILO in the coming months.

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   April 16, 2012: For the third year in a row, Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara will be delivering the keynote address at the South Texas College Human Trafficking Conference. This year, his address is titled "Labor Trafficking in South Asia."

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   April 1, 2012: Interviewed while in Singapore, where the Singapore government had invited him to speak at the unveiling of that nation's first National Action Plan on Human Trafficking, Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara emphasizes the crucial role research plays in the ongoing battle against human trafficking.

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   March 28, 2012: Public Service Week Event: Toiletries Donation Drive for Victims of Trafficking. The Women and Gender Caucus organized a donation drive for travel-sized toiletries. Public Service Week volunteers used these toiletries to put together hygiene kits for the Sister's of St.Joseph's shelter for victims of sex trafficking.

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Publications:

  • Journal Article: Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara, “Designing More Effective Laws Against Human Trafficking,” Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 30, 2011.

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  • Journal Article: Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara, “Supply and Demand: Human Trafficking in the Global Economy,” Harvard International Review, Volume 33, Issue 2, June 22, 2011.

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  • Journal Article: Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara, “Twenty-First-Century Slaves: Combating Global Sex Trafficking,” Solutions Journal, Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2, 2011.

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  • Journal Article: Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara, “Sex Trafficking: A Global Overview,” World Politics Review, August 10, 2010.

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“Best Practices”
Web-Seminar Series:

  • Complete archive of the November 15, 2011 Online Conference “Best Practices to Combat Child Trafficking.” is now on line.

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  • Complete archive of the May 25, 2011 Online Conference “Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking in the United States” is now on line.

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  • Complete archive of the November 22, 2010 Online Conference “Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Injecting a Human Rights Approach into Anti-Trafficking Strategies: Can We Do Better?” is now on line.

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  • Complete archive of the May 24, 2010 Online Conference “Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Trafficking in Disaster Zones” is now on line.

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  • Complete archive of the November 16, 2009 Online Conference “Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Forced Labor” is now on line.

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  • Complete archive of the April 29, 2009 Online Conference “Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Collecting Data from Official Sources” is now on line.

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  • Complete archive of the November 18, 2008 Online Conference “Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Sex Trafficking” is now on line.

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Events on Video:

  • Video coverage of the December 4, 2010 panel discussion of the film “The Selling of Innocents” is now on-line! The event featured the film's creator Ruchira Gupta, Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara, Dr. Wendy Macias Konstantopoulos, and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.

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  • Video coverage of the February 18 Forum event “From Bondage to Freedom: The Fight to Abolish Modern Day Slavery” is now on-line! The event featured Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, U.S. State Department, and was moderated by E Bejamin Skinner.

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  • Video coverage of the October 15 panel discussion of the film “The Day My God Died” is now on-line! Panelists include Anuradha Koirala, Bishwo Khadka, Brigitte Cazalis-Collins, Joseph Collins, Siddharth Kara, Jay Silverman and moderated by Professor Timothy Patrick McCarthy.

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  • Video coverage of the March 25 panel presentation “Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism - Consequences in a Global Environment” is now on-line!

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  • Video coverage of Siddharth Kara's February 5th presentation, “The Economics of Sex Trafficking” is now online.

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Please Note: The information contained in the live lectures and webinar presentations posted at this site do not necessarily represent the views of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School, or Harvard University. Lectures and presentations represent a diversity of viewpoints and research. These lectures and webinar presentations are for educational purposes only. The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard University are not responsible for any content included in the lectures and webinar presentations, and these materials may not be reproduced without written permission.
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