INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM                                                     CANBERRA, 1–2 SEPTEMBER 2004

Burkhardt Dammann (UNODC)	Dammann, Pierre Legros (AFESIP), Lance Bonneau (IOM) , Rob McCusker (AFP)	Dammann, Caroline Millar (Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues), Paul Williams (ANU)

This major international conference was convened by the Development Studies Network at the Australian National University in collaboration with AusAID, the Australian Federal Police, the Attorney General’s Department, the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and the National Institute of Social Sciences and Law (ANU) and the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Venue: National Museum of Australia, Canberra.

Speakers biographies and abstracts (word doc)
Conference programme (word doc)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
The conference proceedings were be published as a special issue of Development Bulletin (No 66), released in December 2004.

People Trafficking issue order form (word)

The international trade in people — the trafficking of men, women and children — is a key development issue in the Asia–Pacific Region, but one that is not widely recognised. Here, internationally recognised leaders working on anti-trafficking with government and non-government organisations, United Nations agencies and universities from the region will discuss these critical trafficking and development issues.

Participants considered trafficking from a developmental perspective — its relationship to poverty and inequality, to poor governance, including corruption, crime, policy and legislation, and from the perspective of globalisation and human security. Particular focus was given to the transnational nature of people trafficking and to the need for transnational approaches to anti-trafficking.

The symposium explored Australia’s increasing involvement as a receiver of trafficked people and the role it is playing in detecting and preventing people trafficking in the region, and key issues in successful rescue and reintegration of trafficked people back into society.

• review the critical links between development and human security with a focus on people trafficking for prostitution and labour
• provide the opportunity for a multi-disciplinary, cross-sectional, inter-departmental and international exchange of information;
• provide detailed, up-to-date information to a wide audience in the Asia Pacific region, of the current situation regarding people trafficking - its extent, causes and impact;
• increase knowledge on the initiatives being undertaken to address the issue;
• review lessons learned to date and identify effective ways to reduce people trafficking and to ameliorate the situation of those who have been victims of trafficking;
• provide those living in trafficking source countries with information on how to address the situation; and
• encourage regional discussion on these issues in future.

SYMPOSIUM PARTNERS

The Attorney-General's Department serves the people of Australia by providing essential expert support to the Government in the maintenance and improvement of Australia's system of law and justice. The department is the central policy and coordinating element of the portfolio, for which the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Customs are responsible.

AusAID - The Australian Agency for International Development manages Australia's aid program. Australia, through AusAID, works with other governments, the United Nations, Australian companies and non-government organisations to design and set up projects which tackle the causes and consequences of poverty in developing counties.

Australian Federal Police - The AFP enforces Commonwealth criminal law, and protects Commonwealth and national interests from crime in Australia and overseas. The AFP is Australia's international law enforcement and policing representative, and the chief source of advice to the Australian Government on policing issues.

National Institute for Social Sciences and Law - The mission of the National Institute of Social Sciences and Law (NISSL) is to promote excellence in teaching and research in areas of social sciences and law at The Australian National University. The ANU hosts world-class scholarship in the social sciences and law, delivering undergraduate and graduate courses that train future leaders for Australia and the region; and it has particular strengths in the areas of Australian government, social analysis, law, history, economics and anthropology.

RMIT - The School of Social Science and Planning at RMIT University offers professional and progressive programs of study under broad discipline areas, including international development.

back to top

ACCOMMODATION

back to top