Publication of the ‘Human Trafficking Handbook: Recognising Trafficking and Modern Slavery in the UK’

This week marks the publication of The Human Trafficking Handbook, a collection of original essays written by pre-eminent professionals in the field of human trafficking and forced labour in the UK. Each essay brings a different perspective from within the UK on the topic, offering a greater understanding of key issues such as victims' rights and the consequences of trafficking for the individual. Chapters include the identification of victims of trafficking, the care and support needs of victims, child trafficking, trafficking in Scotland and Northern Ireland, international duties on the State regarding trafficked victims, the right to compensation, the non-criminalisation of victims of trafficking and the criminal prosecution of traffickers.

Contributors include barristers and solicitors who specialise in the subject, leading specialists from human rights charities and experts from a number of organisations including Anti-Slavery International, the AIRE Centre, the Crown Prosecution Service, ECPAT UK, the Helen Bamber Foundation, Kalayaan, the Poppy Project and the Metropolitan Police.

The book's General Editor is Parosha Chandran, an award-winning human rights barrister at 1 Pump Court who is a co-founder of the Trafficking Law and Policy Forum, an educational think-tank on human trafficking in the UK.