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:
~ February 2012 ~
Thursday, Feb. 16 11:30 AM
Trafficking & Modern-Day Slavery Student Policy Group. Topic: 'Trafficking at Major Sporting Events'
December 30, 2011: President Barack Obama issues a presidential proclamation declaring this January 'National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2012.'
December 8, 2011: Course Addressing Human Trafficking Added to Kennedy School Curriculum: Co-taught by Siddharth Kara, fellow with the Carr Center's Program on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, and Center Executive Director Charlie Clements, this a six week module, IGA-351M, will examine various typologies of human trafficking and provide foundational knowledge as well as an understanding of its relationship to the global economy.
November 21, 2011: Massachusetts Governor, Deval Patrick, signed into law the Commonwealth's first anti-human trafficking bill, Bill H.3808, "An Act relative to the commercial exploitation of people."
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.
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.
Journal Article: Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara,
“Twenty-First-Century Slaves: Combating Global Sex Trafficking,”
Solutions Journal, Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2, 2011.
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.
Complete archive of the April 29, 2009 Online Conference “Best Practices to
Combat Human Trafficking: Collecting Data from Official Sources” is now on line.
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.
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.
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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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
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