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Lecture on Human Trafficking - Melbourne, Australia

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The Lecture invites members of the community, researchers, and future research students.

Format: Public lecture

Outline: Trafficking in persons has been described as modern day slavery. It is a global problem which affects both developing and developed countries, including Australia. In this presentation established researchers in trafficking issues will outline their experiences in researching this problem in South East Asia.

Presented by:

Susan Kneebone
Susan is a professor at Monash Law School where she teaches Forced Migration and Human Rights, International Refugee Law, and Citizenship and Migration Law. She is the author of many articles on refugee law issues and editor of The Refugees Convention 50 Years On: Globalisation and International Law (Ashgate 2003) and with Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei of New Regionalism and Asylum Seekers: Challenges Ahead (Berghahn Books, 2007). Currently she is one of the investigators of an ARC funded Linkage Grant on 'Australia's Response to Trafficking in Women: Towards a Model for Regulation of Forced Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region'.

Judy Dixon
Judy is a lawyer with a background in criminal justice issues. She is a consultant to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) on trafficking issues and the author of the UNODC's Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons. Judy is an expert on trafficking issues in the Philippines, having authored the project description for that country for UNODC. Judy is frequently invited to deliver papers on trafficking issues at international forums.

Sharon Pickering
Sharon is an Associate Professor in the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts, Monash University. She is a criminologist and has conducted and supervised research on trafficking issues. Sharon has written widely on refugee and criminology and gender issues, including Critical Chatter: Women and Human Rights (2003, with Caroline Lambert and Christine Alder) and Global Issues, Women and Justice (2004, edited with Caroline Lambert). Forced migration, security and criminal justice is the focus of her most recent book Refugees and State Crime published by the Federation Press in 2005.

Marie Segrave
Marie is a PhD candidate in the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts, Monash University. Her thesis examines issues related to sex trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Marie has conducted field research in the region and has published a number of articles on trafficking issues.

To book: Bookings are essential. Please email: marketing@law.monash.edu.au by Thursday 16 August.