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The spread of slavery in the Asia–Pacific
Posted By Thulasi Wigneswaran on December 14, 2016 @ 14:30
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[1] United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others: http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/317(IV)
[2] international instruments: http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryabolitionday/documents.shtml
[3] United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (2003): https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12&chapter=18&clang=_enhttps://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12&chapter=18&clang=_en
[4] Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2003): https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12-a&chapter=18&clang=_enhttps://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12-a&chapter=18&clang=_en
[5] destination country: https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/HumanTrafficking/Pages/default.aspx
[6] numbers: https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/HumanTrafficking/Documents/Report-Interdepartmental-Committee-Human-Trafficking-Slavery-July-2014-June-2015.PDF
[7] improvement in the numbers: http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/GlobalSlavery_2014_LR-FINAL.pdf
[8] numbers: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-01/more-than-45-million-people-trapped-in-modern-slavery:-report/7465288
[9] The Global Slavery Index: http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/region/asia-pacific/
[10] ILO estimated there to be 20.9 million: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---declaration/documents/publication/wcms_243391.pdf
[11] top five import sources: http://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/trade-investment/trade-at-a-glance/trade-at-a-glance-2015/Pages/trade-at-a-glance-2015.aspx
[12] North Korea: http://www.smh.com.au/business/surf-clothing-label-rip-curl-using-slave-labour-to-manufacture-clothes-in-north-korea-20160219-gmz375
[13] fishing industries: https://www.scribd.com/document/292740161/Greenpeace-Report-Dodgy-Prawns
[14] fresh food supply chains: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2015/05/04/4227055.htm
[15] 7-Eleven stores.: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2015/08/30/4301164.htm
[16] acknowledged: http://www.baliprocess.net/UserFiles/baliprocess/File/Bali%20Declaration%20on%20People%20Smuggling%20Trafficking%20in%20Persons%20and%20Related%20Transnational%20Crime%202016%20(1).pdf
[17] response to slavery and human trafficking: https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/HumanTrafficking/Documents/Trafficking-NationalActionPlanToCombatHumanTraffickingAndSlavery2015-19.pdf
[18] nine recommendations: http://catalyst.org.au/documents/Human_Rights_in_the_Supply_Chains_of_Australian_Businesses_-_Opportunities_for_Legislative_Reform_FINAL.pdf
[19] eighth meeting of the Australian Governments National Roundtable on Human Trafficking and Slavery: http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/jb_mr_161128.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D
[20] measures: http://www.natlawreview.com/article/uk-s-modern-slavery-act-31-march-just-week-away