Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC)
@modernslaverypec.bsky.social
Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC produces research with focus on policy impact and brings people together to transform the response to modern slavery and exploitation. Part of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford.
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Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC)
@modernslaverypec.bsky.social
· Nov 19
We are the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre, striving for a world where people are protected from modern slavery by effective, evidence-based policies.
Welcome to our Bluesky channel.
Read more about us on our website at www.modernslaverypec.org/
Welcome to our Bluesky channel.
Read more about us on our website at www.modernslaverypec.org/
Two fantastic new opportunities to join the Modern Slavery PEC team!
Policy Impact Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Research Programmes Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Policy Impact Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Research Programmes Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Two fantastic new opportunities to join the Modern Slavery PEC team!
Policy Impact Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Research Programmes Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Policy Impact Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Research Programmes Lead: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
NEW RESEARCH!
Inconsistent definitions of child exploitation are undermining the identification and protection of children who were exploited in forms such as sexual, labour and criminal exploitation, or domestic servitude.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/de...
Inconsistent definitions of child exploitation are undermining the identification and protection of children who were exploited in forms such as sexual, labour and criminal exploitation, or domestic servitude.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/de...
July 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
NEW RESEARCH!
Inconsistent definitions of child exploitation are undermining the identification and protection of children who were exploited in forms such as sexual, labour and criminal exploitation, or domestic servitude.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/de...
Inconsistent definitions of child exploitation are undermining the identification and protection of children who were exploited in forms such as sexual, labour and criminal exploitation, or domestic servitude.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/de...
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Sign up for this FREE lunchtime seminar to mark the launch of our research report -
More than Words: how definitions impact on the UK’s response to child trafficking and exploitation
More than Words: how definitions impact on the UK’s response to child trafficking and exploitation
Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC)
@modernslaverypec.bsky.social
· Jul 10
NEW EVENT! Definitions of child exploitation.
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻 Presentation: Laura Duran, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
👩💻 Opening: Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Closing: Patricia Durr, ECPAT UK.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻 Presentation: Laura Duran, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
👩💻 Opening: Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Closing: Patricia Durr, ECPAT UK.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
July 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sign up for this FREE lunchtime seminar to mark the launch of our research report -
More than Words: how definitions impact on the UK’s response to child trafficking and exploitation
More than Words: how definitions impact on the UK’s response to child trafficking and exploitation
ICYMI: sign up to our event launching new research on definitions of child exploitation.
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻Speakers:
👩💻 Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Laura Duran & Patricia Durr, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻Speakers:
👩💻 Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Laura Duran & Patricia Durr, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
July 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
ICYMI: sign up to our event launching new research on definitions of child exploitation.
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻Speakers:
👩💻 Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Laura Duran & Patricia Durr, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻Speakers:
👩💻 Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Laura Duran & Patricia Durr, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
Today is World Youth Skills Day, recognising the importance of equipping young people with skills for employment and decent work.
For people who experienced modern slavery, access to decent work is a key factor in rebuilding their lives and be protected from exploitation.
For people who experienced modern slavery, access to decent work is a key factor in rebuilding their lives and be protected from exploitation.
July 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today is World Youth Skills Day, recognising the importance of equipping young people with skills for employment and decent work.
For people who experienced modern slavery, access to decent work is a key factor in rebuilding their lives and be protected from exploitation.
For people who experienced modern slavery, access to decent work is a key factor in rebuilding their lives and be protected from exploitation.
Hackathon 2025 is a global online innovation competition by the AI against Modern Slavery (AIMS) initiative (from @mila-quebec.bsky.social), which uses large language models (LLMs) to analyse modern slavery statements by major corporations.
Find out more:
fundacionpasoslibres.org/aimshackathon/
Find out more:
fundacionpasoslibres.org/aimshackathon/
AIMS Hackathon – Fundación Pasos Libres
fundacionpasoslibres.org
July 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Hackathon 2025 is a global online innovation competition by the AI against Modern Slavery (AIMS) initiative (from @mila-quebec.bsky.social), which uses large language models (LLMs) to analyse modern slavery statements by major corporations.
Find out more:
fundacionpasoslibres.org/aimshackathon/
Find out more:
fundacionpasoslibres.org/aimshackathon/
NEW EVENT! Definitions of child exploitation.
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻 Presentation: Laura Duran, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
👩💻 Opening: Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Closing: Patricia Durr, ECPAT UK.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻 Presentation: Laura Duran, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
👩💻 Opening: Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Closing: Patricia Durr, ECPAT UK.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
July 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
NEW EVENT! Definitions of child exploitation.
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻 Presentation: Laura Duran, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
👩💻 Opening: Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Closing: Patricia Durr, ECPAT UK.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
📅 Tue 22 July, 12.30
👩💻 Presentation: Laura Duran, @ecpatuk.bsky.social
👩💻 Opening: Eleanor Lyons, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
👩💻 Closing: Patricia Durr, ECPAT UK.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
Over 100 campaigners, academics & parents of children with special needs and disabilities (SEND) called on the Government not to scrap the education, health and care plans (EHCPs), which outline a child's needs and the support they need.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The right to an education, health and care plan must be retained | Letters
Letter: Jane Asher, Carrie Grant, Chris Packham, Anna Bird, Fazilet Hadi, Sally Phillips, Jon Sparkes and 100 others call on the government not to remove the right to an EHCP from children attending m...
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Over 100 campaigners, academics & parents of children with special needs and disabilities (SEND) called on the Government not to scrap the education, health and care plans (EHCPs), which outline a child's needs and the support they need.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
We are delighted to report that the team behind our funded research on preventing debt bondage in the healthcare supply chains spoke at the ILO Regulating Decent Work Conference in Geneva on the ‘Worker Voice and Labour Governance’ panel on including survivors in the research
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July 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We are delighted to report that the team behind our funded research on preventing debt bondage in the healthcare supply chains spoke at the ILO Regulating Decent Work Conference in Geneva on the ‘Worker Voice and Labour Governance’ panel on including survivors in the research
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. beyondslavery.bsky.social by openDemocracy is marking its 10th anniversary by publishing a series of articles taking stock of the anti-trafficking field.
TBS has been a crucial critical voice to the “modern slavery sector” and this series is a must-read.
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www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
TBS has been a crucial critical voice to the “modern slavery sector” and this series is a must-read.
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www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Ten years on, have we moved Beyond Trafficking and Slavery?
We started BTS in 2014 to help everyone better understand the root causes of exploitation. Did we succeed?
www.opendemocracy.net
June 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
. beyondslavery.bsky.social by openDemocracy is marking its 10th anniversary by publishing a series of articles taking stock of the anti-trafficking field.
TBS has been a crucial critical voice to the “modern slavery sector” and this series is a must-read.
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www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
TBS has been a crucial critical voice to the “modern slavery sector” and this series is a must-read.
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www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Congratulations to Jane Lasonder, member of our Lived Experience Advisory Panel, who spoke about meaningfully engaging people with lived experience of exploitation in the work and policies addressing modern slavery at the UN Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors by UNODC.
June 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Congratulations to Jane Lasonder, member of our Lived Experience Advisory Panel, who spoke about meaningfully engaging people with lived experience of exploitation in the work and policies addressing modern slavery at the UN Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors by UNODC.
LAST CALL for our lunchtime seminar today at 12.30 👇
📣 Identifying Child Criminal Exploitation in Northern Ireland
👩💻🧑💻 Dr Gillian Kane from Ulster University and Andrew Chisholm from the International Organization for Migration United Kingdom.
Register: www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
📣 Identifying Child Criminal Exploitation in Northern Ireland
👩💻🧑💻 Dr Gillian Kane from Ulster University and Andrew Chisholm from the International Organization for Migration United Kingdom.
Register: www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
June 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
LAST CALL for our lunchtime seminar today at 12.30 👇
📣 Identifying Child Criminal Exploitation in Northern Ireland
👩💻🧑💻 Dr Gillian Kane from Ulster University and Andrew Chisholm from the International Organization for Migration United Kingdom.
Register: www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
📣 Identifying Child Criminal Exploitation in Northern Ireland
👩💻🧑💻 Dr Gillian Kane from Ulster University and Andrew Chisholm from the International Organization for Migration United Kingdom.
Register: www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...
We are proud that Jane Lasonder, member of our Lived Experience Advisory Panel, will speak today at the first-ever United Nations Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors 'Voices of Resilience' organised by UNODC (Office on Drugs and Crime).
Read & watch here 👇
www.unodc.org/unodc/en/hum...
Read & watch here 👇
www.unodc.org/unodc/en/hum...
First Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors – Voices of Resilience
The First Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors - Voices of Resilience, on 24-25 June 2025 at the Vienna International Centre, will bring together survivor leaders, policymakers, and civil soci...
www.unodc.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We are proud that Jane Lasonder, member of our Lived Experience Advisory Panel, will speak today at the first-ever United Nations Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors 'Voices of Resilience' organised by UNODC (Office on Drugs and Crime).
Read & watch here 👇
www.unodc.org/unodc/en/hum...
Read & watch here 👇
www.unodc.org/unodc/en/hum...
Mick Clarke of @passagecharity.bsky.social, and Eleanor Lyons, the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, write on preventing exploitation in the context of homelessness, following their report earlier this week.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/mode...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/mode...
If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness
Nearly half of the survivors supported by Westminster charity The Passage's modern slavery service were homeless when they were recruited.
www.bigissue.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mick Clarke of @passagecharity.bsky.social, and Eleanor Lyons, the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, write on preventing exploitation in the context of homelessness, following their report earlier this week.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/mode...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/mode...
We’re looking forward to the conference by
@devcomms.bsky.social ‘Navigating crisis - dangers and opportunities in development’, 25–27 June.
Our team is convening a roundtable on the intersection of development work and interventions to address modern slavery. 👇
www.devstud.org.uk/conference/c...
@devcomms.bsky.social ‘Navigating crisis - dangers and opportunities in development’, 25–27 June.
Our team is convening a roundtable on the intersection of development work and interventions to address modern slavery. 👇
www.devstud.org.uk/conference/c...
25-27 June 2025: Panel timetable
Accepted panels for DSA2025 conference at Bath
www.devstud.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We’re looking forward to the conference by
@devcomms.bsky.social ‘Navigating crisis - dangers and opportunities in development’, 25–27 June.
Our team is convening a roundtable on the intersection of development work and interventions to address modern slavery. 👇
www.devstud.org.uk/conference/c...
@devcomms.bsky.social ‘Navigating crisis - dangers and opportunities in development’, 25–27 June.
Our team is convening a roundtable on the intersection of development work and interventions to address modern slavery. 👇
www.devstud.org.uk/conference/c...
📢 NEW PROJECT! A research project by @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social, Impactt Limited & @unseenuk.bsky.social is evaluating the effectiveness of the Employer Pays Principle (EPP) in preventing debt bondage in healthcare supply chains.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/research-pro...
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www.modernslaverypec.org/research-pro...
Preventing debt bondage in healthcare supply chains
We strive for a world where people are protected from modern slavery by effective, evidence-based policies.
www.modernslaverypec.org
June 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📢 NEW PROJECT! A research project by @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social, Impactt Limited & @unseenuk.bsky.social is evaluating the effectiveness of the Employer Pays Principle (EPP) in preventing debt bondage in healthcare supply chains.
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www.modernslaverypec.org/research-pro...
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www.modernslaverypec.org/research-pro...
Important research from the Passage Charity in partnership with the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner on prevention of exploitation in the context of homelessness, is being published on Monday, still time to register! 👇
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8a21f1...
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8a21f1...
June 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Important research from the Passage Charity in partnership with the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner on prevention of exploitation in the context of homelessness, is being published on Monday, still time to register! 👇
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8a21f1...
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8a21f1...
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Last week, @andrewchisholm.bsky.social and I launched our research on identifying modern slavery/human trafficking in the context of CCE in Northern Ireland.
Find out more and sign up for next week's lunchtime seminar (26th June) below. ⬇️
Find out more and sign up for next week's lunchtime seminar (26th June) below. ⬇️
Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC)
@modernslaverypec.bsky.social
· Jun 11
NEW RESEARCH! Identifying child criminal exploitation in Northern Ireland.
Children in Northern Ireland exploited in criminal activities are not being formally identified as victims of modern slavery and human trafficking – despite indications they may meet the criteria.
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Children in Northern Ireland exploited in criminal activities are not being formally identified as victims of modern slavery and human trafficking – despite indications they may meet the criteria.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last week, @andrewchisholm.bsky.social and I launched our research on identifying modern slavery/human trafficking in the context of CCE in Northern Ireland.
Find out more and sign up for next week's lunchtime seminar (26th June) below. ⬇️
Find out more and sign up for next week's lunchtime seminar (26th June) below. ⬇️
“There are so many voices that need to be heard. [...] We can do it, let us do it – we don’t need you to speak on our behalf.”
Survivors of sexual exploitation in Telford called for allowing them to shape the national inquiry into the grooming scandal.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Survivors of sexual exploitation in Telford called for allowing them to shape the national inquiry into the grooming scandal.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Grooming gang survivors say political ‘tug of war’ must stop before inquiry
Exclusive: Telford survivors say people are ‘exploiting the exploited’ and push for women to shape new investigation
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“There are so many voices that need to be heard. [...] We can do it, let us do it – we don’t need you to speak on our behalf.”
Survivors of sexual exploitation in Telford called for allowing them to shape the national inquiry into the grooming scandal.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Survivors of sexual exploitation in Telford called for allowing them to shape the national inquiry into the grooming scandal.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Next week 24 June we'll be attending 'Modern Slavery Knowledge Mobilisation Conference,' in London, organised by the UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) together with the the British Academy Early Career Research Network.
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/basnet-mod...
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/basnet-mod...
BASNET Modern Slavery Knowledge Mobilisation Conference
Bridging Research and Practice: Amplifying Voices in Modern Slavery
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Next week 24 June we'll be attending 'Modern Slavery Knowledge Mobilisation Conference,' in London, organised by the UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) together with the the British Academy Early Career Research Network.
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/basnet-mod...
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/basnet-mod...
The UK Government accepted the recommendations of report by Louise Casey into the group-based sexual exploitation of girls it commissioned earlier this year and announced a national inquiry into the ‘grooming gangs’ scandal.
A thread. 🧵
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/684ffa...
A thread. 🧵
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/684ffa...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
June 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The UK Government accepted the recommendations of report by Louise Casey into the group-based sexual exploitation of girls it commissioned earlier this year and announced a national inquiry into the ‘grooming gangs’ scandal.
A thread. 🧵
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/684ffa...
A thread. 🧵
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/684ffa...
Today is the International Domestic Workers Day.
The UK has a way to go to ensure all domestic workers enjoy decent work and safe workplaces. Read Marissa Begonia, a founder of an organisation Voice of Domestic Workers, writing about it in the Big Issue:
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dome...
The UK has a way to go to ensure all domestic workers enjoy decent work and safe workplaces. Read Marissa Begonia, a founder of an organisation Voice of Domestic Workers, writing about it in the Big Issue:
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dome...
If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights
Domestic workers in the UK face exploitation under restrictive visa rules. Marissa Begonia calls for urgent reform to protect their rights.
www.bigissue.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today is the International Domestic Workers Day.
The UK has a way to go to ensure all domestic workers enjoy decent work and safe workplaces. Read Marissa Begonia, a founder of an organisation Voice of Domestic Workers, writing about it in the Big Issue:
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dome...
The UK has a way to go to ensure all domestic workers enjoy decent work and safe workplaces. Read Marissa Begonia, a founder of an organisation Voice of Domestic Workers, writing about it in the Big Issue:
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dome...
Interesting event at the @Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at @ox.ac.uk, looking at the history of the 1930 Forced Labour Convention with its colonial connotations and trying to re-think our approach to forced labour.
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www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Bonavero Discussion Group: Re-Covering Forced
We are delighted to welcome Professor Christopher Roberts to lead our Bonavero Discussion Group
www.law.ox.ac.uk
June 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Interesting event at the @Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at @ox.ac.uk, looking at the history of the 1930 Forced Labour Convention with its colonial connotations and trying to re-think our approach to forced labour.
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www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
What does child criminal exploitation look like in Northern Ireland?
Newly published research points overwhelmingly to the context of drugs and paramilitaries.
However, these cases aren't recognised as modern slavery.
Read more 👇
www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/id...
Newly published research points overwhelmingly to the context of drugs and paramilitaries.
However, these cases aren't recognised as modern slavery.
Read more 👇
www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/id...
June 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
What does child criminal exploitation look like in Northern Ireland?
Newly published research points overwhelmingly to the context of drugs and paramilitaries.
However, these cases aren't recognised as modern slavery.
Read more 👇
www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/id...
Newly published research points overwhelmingly to the context of drugs and paramilitaries.
However, these cases aren't recognised as modern slavery.
Read more 👇
www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/id...
Good to see @PoliceP (Police Professional journal) cover the report on children exploited in Northern Ireland not recognised as victims of modern slavery
policeprofessional.com/news/stark-g...
policeprofessional.com/news/stark-g...
Police Professional |
‘Stark gaps’ in available data on child criminal exploitation in Northern Ireland, research finds ‘Stark gaps’ in available data on ...
policeprofessional.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Good to see @PoliceP (Police Professional journal) cover the report on children exploited in Northern Ireland not recognised as victims of modern slavery
policeprofessional.com/news/stark-g...
policeprofessional.com/news/stark-g...