There will be a panel on human trafficking at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (30 March - 2 April, at Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington DC). The description of the panel is as follows:

Human trafficking is a major source of political, social, and economic insecurity for States and for individuals. It is also a serious human rights violation. Yet highly fractured debates over appropriate strategies for combating this transnational crime challenge the ability of the international legal system to foster a consistent and effective response. This panel will examine these tensions and consider a range of critical issues, including the role of competing transnational legal regimes, the effects of disparities in power, resources, and capacity among countries in their ability to generate and enforce legal rules, and the competing priorities of countries of destination and origin in combating human trafficking.

Chair: Janie Chuang, American University, Washington College of Law
Panelists:
Lou DeBaca, U.S. Department of Justice
Martina Vandenberg, Jenner & Block (formerly with Human Rights Watch)
Stephen Warnath, Director, NEXUS Institute to Combat Human Trafficking;
Peggy Kuo, New York Stock Exchange (formerly with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia)
Maureen Walsh, General Counsel, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

For registration and program information, please see http://asil.org/events/AMschedule.html