Anti-Slavery Day Conference 2016: Examining the UK’s Response to Modern Slavery

Registration

Taking stock: Considering developments in the UK's response to modern slavery  

Kathryn Cronin (Chair)
Barrister and Joint Head of Chambers, Garden Court Chambers

Petya Nestorova
Executive Secretary of The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)

Vicky Brotherton
Coordinator and Researcher, The Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG)

Chris Beddoe
Consultant and Parliamentary Advisor

Morning workshops (choose one workshop)

1 (a) Forced Labour                               

Ainhoa Barrenechea (Chair)
Focus on Labour Exploitation

Jamila Duncan-Bosu
Solicitor and founding member, Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU)

Avril Sharp
Policy and Casework Officer, Kalayaan

Klára Skrivánková
UK and Europe Programme Manager, Anti-Slavery International

1 (b) Immigration Control vs Article 4

Parosha Chandran (Chair)
Barrister, 1 Pump Court

Mr Justice McCloskey
President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal

Kate Roberts
Head of Office, Human Trafficking Foundation

Louise Hooper
Barrister, Garden Court Chambers

Dr Virginia Mantouvalou
Reader in Human Rights and Labour Law and Co-Director of the UCL Institute for Human Rights, University College London

1 (c) Victims as defendants

Fidelma O'Hagan (Chair)
Law Centre (NI)

Alison Di Rollo
Solicitor General for Scotland

Michelle Brewer
Barrister, Garden Court Chambers

Adrienne Darragh
CEO, Hibiscus

Philippa Southwell
Solicitor-Advocate, Birds Solicitors

Coffee break

MORNING KEYNOTE -  Rt Hon Fiona Mactaggart MP
Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery

Lunch, kindly hosted by Freshfields

AFTERNOON KEYNOTE - Kevin Hyland OBE
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner       

Sustainable Support for Victims of Trafficking

Shu Shin Luh (Chair)
Barrister, Garden Court Chambers

Lara Bundock
CEO and Founder, The Snowdrop Project

Samantha Ferrell-Schweppenstedde
Consultant, Human Trafficking Foundation

Dr Kathryn Cronin
Barrister and Joint Head of Chambers, Garden Court Chambers

Coffee break

Afternoon workshops (choose one workshop)

2 (a) Prosecution of traffickers

Jo Cecil (Chair)
Barrister, Garden Court Chambers

Phil Brewer
Head of the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit, Metropolitan Police

Riel Karmy-Jones QC
Barrister, Red Lion Chambers

Zubier Yazdani
Partner, Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors

Paul Broadbent
CEO, Gangmasters Licensing Authority

2 (b) Child Victims

Nadine Finch (Chair)
Honorary Research Fellow at University of Bristol

Chloe Setter
Head of Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns at ECPAT UK

Professor Ravi Kohli
Professor of Child Welfare, University of Bedfordshire

Sam Whyte
Head of Domestic Policy and Advocacy, UNICEF UK

Alan Critchley
Independent Chair of Walsall's Children & Adults Safeguarding Board

2 (c) Civil Law Remedies and Compensation for Victims of Trafficking

Juliette Nash (Chair)
Solicitor and founding member, Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU)

Paul Yates
Solicitor, Head of London Pro Bono, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Shu Shin Luh
Barrister, Garden Court Chambers

Maya Sikand
Barrister, Garden Court Chambers

Closing remarks by Dr Kathryn Cronin, Joint Head of Garden Court Chambers

Post-conference refreshments, kindly hosted by Freshfields